The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, a flagship publication of AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute, provides an overview of trade in agriculture in Africa, including analysis of short- and long-term trends and drivers behind Africa’s global trade, intra-African trade, and trade within Africa’s regional economic communities. The …
Many Dealers Held For Selling Fake Pesticide “It was like the Ja panese air strike in the film Pearl Harbour,“ said Naresh Kumar Lehri, a seed and pesti cide dealer at Singho village in Bathinda district. “They ap peared out of nowhere and lef a trail of destruction.“ Lehri was …
Faced with 60 per cent loss to cotton crop in the Malwa region, the Punjab Government has okayed a Rs 600-crore compensation package for the affected farmers. The report of a special girdawri ordered by the Punjab Government shows that 6.75 lakh acres under cotton crop have been affected in …
Hyderabad: Thirteen harried farmers had their lives ended across five districts of the Telangana on Sunday, probably the largest number in a single day. While the Telangana government has been claiming to be taking every step to assist distressed farmers, this is one of the highest counts of farmers’ suicides …
Vice-Chancellor had earlier blamed farmers for ignoring their advice Cotton crop grown on research fields on the campus of Punjab Agricultural University has come under the attack of whitefly. The development has come as an embarrassment for the PAU Vice-Chancellor who had blamed farmers for damage to their crops. During …
Under the 2014 US Farm Bill, US cotton producers will receive significant subsidies which will have trade-distorting effects irrespective of future cotton prices. At a futures market cotton price of US$ 0.70/lb, US subsidy programmes are likely to suppress artificially the world cotton price by almost 7 percent, and result …
KOLHAPUR: The state government has decided to take a final call on the proposed textile policy after September 11. The policy is expected to attract investments worth Rs 80,000 crore. The investment will come in the form of new machines, setting up of clusters and infrastructure provision. Suresh Halwankar, BJP …
After more than a year, the Prakash Javadekar led Environment Ministry today finally called a meeting of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) to decide on field trials for a number of Genetically Modified (GM) crops. GEAC is the apex body in India that is authorized to approve the use …
About 40 per cent of the standing cotton crop has been affected by the whitefly attack in Fazilka making it one of the worst-hit districts of the state. Official sources said out of the total 2.5 lakh acres under cotton cultivation, about 99,000 acres have been damaged partially or substantially …
From January 1 to August 31, 2015, Karnataka has seen 400 farmer suicides, a seven-fold jump from last year. Addressing a day-long meeting of regional commissioners, deputy commissioners of districts and chief executive officers of zilla panchayats here, chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday reeled out statistics and expressed concern over …
Punjab Agriculture Department on Tuesday asked the State’s farmers to use pesticides to control damage to the standing cotton crop that has been hit by whitefly attack. “Due to unseasonal rains this year, the attack of whitefly pest on cotton crop has taken serious proportions…Cotton cultivation is encouraged under crop …
The African Development Bank has launched a report that seeks to empower women to take the lead in agribusiness and agriculture value chains thus participating in Africa’s economic growth process. The report, Economic Empowerment of African Women Through Equitable Participation in Agricultural Value Chains, identifies opportunities for women that can …
After losses in paddy and wheat, cotton harvest goes for a toss Kaka Singh, a cotton grower at Thuthianwali village, near Mansa, is a shattered man. The reason: Damage to his cotton crop. He had sown cotton in about 8.5 acres. However, the attack of whitefly has completely ruined his …
Cotton crop in the state is under serious threat as the attack of whitefly that hit the crop after the onset of rain has assumed alarming proportions. Unable to control the pests even after the use of insecticides, more than 10 farmers from Gorakhpur and surrounding villages of Fatehabad had …
Cotton farmers in the district are a worried lot as whiteflies have attacked their crop early this year. The district contributes more than one third to the total production of cotton in Haryana. Though the pest, which is responsible for sucking sap from cotton plants and acts as vector to …
Like the previous year, cotton farmers in the district are spending anxious moments following the attack of white fly on their crop. They have already suffered losses to their rabi crops owing to unseasonal rain and hailstorm. Pursottam Kumar, a farmer from Jatu Lohari village who cotton crop on 10 …
Australia has slashed forecast production levels for wheat, cotton and other agricultural commodities in 2015-16 as the El Nino weather phenomenon grips the country and dries out farmland. Meteorologists warn the current El Nino, the second in five years, will persist until the end of the year. "We should see …
The present paper attempts to evaluate the economic conditions of the farm households of Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region. The district has reported an increasing number of suicides during the period of Jan. to Dec. 2011.This is in a striking contrast with other districts of Vidarbha in which suicide rates …
While the Narendra Modi government has moved swiftly on a range of environmental issues— approving long-delayed projects, arguably clearing the backlog inherited from the UPA and bringing in processes to simplify green clearance— the one area where it continues to be indecisive is that of genetically modified crops. The Prakash …
The document measures the success of biotech cotton by featuring a comprehensive overview of the adoption, impact, progress and future of biotech cotton in the country. It presents a synopsis of the 13 years of adoption and impact of Bt cotton since its first commercial release in 2002.
Voices and Views: Why Biotech? is a collection of personal essays on individuals from all over the world who have followed the development of biotechnology and are convinced that it has a significant role to play in improving the quality of life. It is a compilation of different key stakeholders’ …
