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
Of all the problems the plague the world's poor in the age of globalization, few are so widely condemned as the subsidies that rich countries provide their farmers. Poor nations suffer because their
The UN World Food Programme appealed on Thursday for $28 million in urgent food aid to help millions of Afghans once again threatened by a new hunger crisis. Mr. Burke Oberle, the WFP Afghanistan
The Karnataka State Government on Thursday suspended its programme of injecting pesticides on mite-affected coconut trees after a shocking finding that lakhs of coconut trees were badly hit by
A plague of locusts of "almost biblical proportions" is threatening Afghanistan, a country wrecked by years of fighting, drought and food shortages, a senior international and official said on
The directorate of plant protection under the department of agriculture has identified potential pests in apples imported from China for imposing import restrictions. The Agricultural and Processed
In a path-breaking endeavour, scientists from the Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, and the National Centre for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, have developed potato hybrids with a highly
The Punjab Agricultural University(PAU) has now changed its tune on Bt Cotton. the experts who made a vehement case for Bt Cotton in a press meeting held on March 22 much before the genetic
About 55,000 deserving people of Thatta district (Pakistan) will get flour, cooking oil, pulses and other food items every month under the Government Food Support Programme. This was disclosed by the
There are no two opinions about the negative impact of long dry spell and water shortage on agro-economy of the Sindh province,Dawn where during the past three years agriculture production losses
Though Bt cotton hasn't been cleared for commercial use in Punjab and the government has cautioned farmers against its use, that hasn't stopped intrepid - and desperate - farmers from going to any
