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 core group of 15 developing nations on Singapore issues including India, China, Malaysia, Cuba and Egypt has expressed its determination to oppose all attempts made by the developed nations to
Growing crops like jowar and millets rather then rice and wheat would be beneficial both in terms of health and agricultural profit. India may be one of the largest producers of rice and wheat in the
Cultivation of aromatic herbs as an alternative to jhumming and improving the economic life of the farmers in the West Garo Hills district appears to be paying off since early results indicate that
Villagers of Tamenglogn district, Mizoram, who have been reeling under rodent menace for the past couple of weeks, have strongly flayed the officials of the state agriculture department for not
Agricultural alliances between India and Israel could change the way the country farms. THOUGH the trickle of individual farmers visiting Israel for Agritech began in the '90s, this year, the trend
Public opinion and concern over adulteration of food products has probably never been more exacting as now. Yet, general public awareness about the food safety and knowledge about taking up quality
In a bid to promote ecologically sustainable and high value cash crops, the Punjab government is going in for contract farming with multinational
The European Union is chipping away at some of the last unreformed bastions of its common agricultural policy in a move that will also target the EU's heavily protected sugar sector. Tobacco, cotton,
No more farm houses for outsiders or non agriculturists in Uttaranchal. The government has promulgated an ordinance to regulate the sale and purchase of agricultural land and effectively check the
The Centre has pegged the national target for foodgrain production at 220 million tonnes for 2003-04, which is the same as last year. It is felt that since 2002-03 was a drought year, any upward
