This presentation discusses how Mechanization entered the agricultural field (literally) and added an industrial aspect to it. It covers the positive and the negative aspects of mechanization, some case studies of Mechanization around the world and in the end presents some solutions on how to minimize the harms and maximize the benefits.

This presentation discusses the issue of farmer suicides from a global perspective. In particular, the history of farmer suicides in developed nations is traced. Farmer suicides have been common in countries like US and Australia too. The governments in these countries seem to play a very active role in protecting their agriculture, for example through various risk management strategies. In particular, the idea of offering farm insurance appears to be very attractive since it makes the government a direct stakeholder in the agriculture and in some sense ensures that it will stand by agriculture-friendly policies.

This presentation introduces the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) that India and other countries have signed.