Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA)

Farmers reject government proposal, to intensify stir

Farmers reject government proposal, to intensify stir

December 10, 2020

Nearly two weeks after they began their sit in at borders of Delhi and exasperated with fruitless talks with the central government, leaders of various farmers’ organisations have announced a series of measures to intensify their movement, soon after they rejected latest draft ...

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Farmers across India on streets in Bharat Bandh against Farm Bills

Farmers across India on streets in Bharat Bandh against Farm Bills

September 25, 2020

A whole host of farmers’ organisations, political parties and civil rights activists joined in protests on Friday as part of the Bharat Bandh general strike called in protest against the three controversial farm reform bills passed in Parliament earlier this week. In Punjab, ra...

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Agricultural reform bills ignore lessons from other countries

Agricultural reform bills ignore lessons from other countries

September 24, 2020

Farmers’ rights activists say the agriculture reform bills passed by the Parliament in a chaotic manner open the floodgates for large corporate players to take a dominant position in the purchase and storage of food products and hence severely hurting the farmers of the country...

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