Low farm incomes is killing agriculture

French farmers drove to Paris to protest low farm incomes -- Al Jazeera photoA New York farmer, who also works as a lawyer, tweeted this the other day: “Headed home, I tried to work in the law office today, but my head is full of the disasters I am seeing...

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Rs 1,700 not enough to even feed a cow, how can a farmer-family survive on it? -- An interview

With the rising input costs and failure to get a suitable price for the crops, about 50% of farmers are resolving to drop farming. The country is witnessing a drastic fall in the agriculture development rate. Excerpts from the conversation between country's...

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   A friend and colleague asked me to review his fascinating book, and I gladly obliged. That review is below. --SYBook Review: Practical PoliticsAfter reading “Practical Politics: Lessons in Power and Democracy” by Titus Alexander, I am convinced...

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Students Have A Right To Postpone A School Expulsion Hearing For Up To 30 Calendar Days

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995Did a public school expulsion recommendation just get sprung on you?  Or is the expulsion hearing fast approaching and you don't feel you have enough time to prepare your child's...

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India stays out of RCEP treaty

15 members of RCEP --Wikipedia mapSoon after assuming office, when the US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) mega-trade agreement between 12 countries, which shared a common coastline on the Pacific and made up for...

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Presenters battle disinformation with fact checking, literacy, PJ(Strasbourg, France)—Disinformation is a menace to democracies around the world. Yet, there are those around the world who are fighting disinformation using fact checking, literacy program,...

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Conference explores human rights and journalismIf Friday’s session “Human Rights and Journalism” proved nothing else, it confirmed the deficits among media both here and abroad, particularly when it comes to reporting women and minority groups.The Friday...

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