Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers
The Zimbabwe government may be forced to rethink its policy on land redistribution after donors attending a three day conference made clear they were not prepared to fund the programme. When the
Should we care that there are now fewer than 1,000 Arvana-Kazakh dromedary camels in Kazakhstan, or only 900 Yakut cattle left in Siberia? The Food and Agriculture Organisation, based in Rome, thinks
Andhra Bank would introduce "specilised" banking in Punjab. An agri card would be launched in Punjab to ensure ready and timely credit to
The superstition that girls who attain puberty do not augur well for crops is making farmers employ a large number of minor girls as agricultural labour in the cotton seed farms of the backward
The British countryside is under threat from the collapse in farm incomes, according to the National Farmer's Union and leading environmental groups. Numbers of rare flowers, birds and butterflies
The North Eastern Council (NEC) , the apex planning body for North-East India, is likely to create a revolving fund to bail out ailing livestock breeding frms in Meghalaya and Assam to ensure
Gujarat is to set up a Rs 25- cr farm produce secured fund to safeguard interest of the farmers. The fund would act as a buffer in the event of the price
Monday's downpour which was accompanied by high velocity winds dampened the standing paddy crop at many places. A considerable loss of yield is expected. Mechanical harvesting will get quite
Contrary to the government's expectations that a bountiful post-monsoon harvest would substantially rein in the current inflationary levels, latest estimates of foodgrain output made by the
Farmers of Gwalior kill at least 20 rodents every night, to no avail, their crop is destroyed.
