A losing battle against poverty reduction
Spiralling global food and fuel prices could pose new hurdles to the government
Spiralling global food and fuel prices could pose new hurdles to the government
Says 10.7% of S Asia’s agricultural land will be exposed to inundation Since the 2009 UNFCCC conference, the global climate talks have accepted the scientific view that the increase in global temperature should be kept within a 2°C radius of pre-industrial times, towards which “deep cuts in global emissions are required”. But so far from deep have these cuts been that a new World Bank report, 'Turn Down the Heat', warns that even if current mitigation commitments and pledges are fully implemented, there is a roughly 20% likelihood of the world warming by more than 4°C by 2100, with a 10% chance of 4°C being exceeded as early as the 2060s.
In the past two decades, Maldives has achieved remarkable economic progress and reductions in poverty. However, the country faces high exposure to global risks including an . existential threat of rising
The FAO has released a report titled "Assessing poverty reduction potential through investments in agricultural water management: a methodology for country level analysis." The report presents a methodology
The World Bank has called for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries and stressed that the sector should get extra priority if goals of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are to be realised. In its latest World Development Report on
WORLD Bank has expressed serious concerns over food prices rising to
Scientists in Dharwad, Karnataka, develop coloured cotton, organically
The economy of the Central African Republic (CAR) grew at a slower pace in 2019 compared to 2018. Still, it grew at 3.1 percent, year-onyear, in 2019, above the average of regional peers (1.6 percent)
About one in nine people globally still suffer from hunger with the majority of the hungry living in Africa and Asia. The world's forests have great potential to improve their nutrition and ensure their
Joint statement on international food prices from the three Rome-based UN Agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development
ACCORDING to various reports as published recently in the national media, the dwindling size of farms, rise in landlessness and depletion of farmland are posing formidable threats to agriculture besides increasing poverty in the country. The average farm size has come down to less than 0.6 hectares and the percentage of landless people stands at 58.
Beyond Ending Poverty: The Dynamics of Microfinance in Bangladesh uses household long panel surveys from 1991/92 to 2010/11 in Bangladesh to address some of the criticisms of microfinance—including whether
Beyond Ending Poverty: The Dynamics of Microfinance in Bangladesh uses household long panel surveys from 1991/92 to 2010/11 in Bangladesh to address some of the criticisms of microfinance—including whether
Worried that a drought could wipe out his crops back in 2000, farmer Jonathan Kituku Mung'ala remembered meeting agricultural customers, in his previous job with Kenya's power company, who were making
This annual report of the FAO released recently says that making more and better investments in agriculture is one of the most effective ways to reduce hunger and poverty while safeguarding the environment & calls for the farmer-centred approach to investment in agriculture.
Allaying fears of possible food riots, Union Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said there was no shortage of food grains in the country and claimed that the prices of essential commodities had shown a stabilising trend in the past one month.
<p>Following the release of new GDP estimates, nominal GDP for FY18/19 increased and the structure of the economy has changed. In October 2019, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) released new GDP estimates,
Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) was consensus of opinion that the government has no programme to alleviate poverty which success programmatic approach in agriculture sector where people are living below
Zarai Tarqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) has disbursed agricultural loans of Rs 48 billion up to August 2008, against Rs 37 billion disbursed during the same period of last corresponding year.
Under pressure from civil society groups to increase the wages of the MGNREGA workers, the rural development ministry has sought clarification from the finance ministry on the issue.