The world of technology is somewhat encumbered by legacy. Either the technology they are using is not up to date, or it's not very secure, or it does not meet the needs of the people who need it, when they need it most.

Hours after a mechanised harvester chugged through the rice paddy, flames and a thick plume of black smoke rose into the twilight sky in Haryana as farmers burned the residue to prepare for the next season's planting.

Fed up with poverty, Prajapati had leased a plot on September 20. And within weeks he hit the jackpot.

The meeting was held against the backdrop of farmers' protest organised by Bharatiya Kisan Union.

Gopinath, who hails from Kerala's Kannur district, grew up in Mysore and went on to study at LSR and Delhi School of Economics.

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The $25-million commitment includes a recently announced grant of close to $2 million to support International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics help smallholders generate more income, according to the statement.

The BJP's national executive has passed an agriculture resolution that hails the Narendra Modi government's efforts to double farmers' income.

Modi government has targeted to double farmer's income by 2022. This seems a mammoth task as the farmer's real income needs to grow at a CAGR of 10.4 per cent to meet the government's target.

Since 2010, Monsanto has worked to develop the agronomic skills of small-scale farmers in India, as well as improve their access to up-to-date information on weather and market prices.

Vijayalakshmi Das once hand-held the microfinance institutions. Now, she is doing the same with farmer collectives and churning out women entrepreneurs.