Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
A global index has singled out Kenya as one of the countries whose food security is undermined by various forms of corruption, underlining the impact graft has had on taxpayers' lives even as the government vows to root out the vice. According to a report by think tank Economist Intelligence …
Zimbabwe is reportedly now "food secure" and is likely not going to import maize as farmers have delivered over 1 million tons to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) after a "successful Command Agriculture Programme". According to the state-owned Herald newspaper, GMB officials said they expected at least 1.2 million tons …
Forty-five people have died in the arid west African country of Niger in flooding since June, and nearly 209 000 have been affected, the UN said on Tuesday. The rains destroyed nearly 17 400 homes, killed more than 33 000 livestock and damaged crops, the Office for the Coordination of …
The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has been accused of neglecting victims of oil spillage that occurred in Thange village in Kibwezi East in 2015. The oil, which spilled when a pipe burst, contaminated the soil and water bodies including River Thange, which many residents relied on for water. Residents have …
Uganda Red Cross, a relief organization, on Wednesday launched an appeal for over 5,000 families in the eastern part of the country that are at risk of climate change effects. The organization in a statement issued here said the lives of over 5,000 families in Bududa and neighboring districts in …
Have been deputed only to spread awareness, maintains Gurdaspur DC Alarmed at the orders of the Gurdaspur ADC (Development) to fan out into villages after school hours and ensure that farmers do not burn husk, about 300 school lecturers have approached their union. The teachers, who are to report to …
This discussion paper presents the main issues to be considered in an adaptation roadmap for agriculture, with a particular focus on developing countries. The expertise and experiences of CCAFS scientists and partners around the world were condensed to answer questions such as: What are the principal climate risks to agriculture …
Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is a major cause of air pollution not only in the two states but also in the national capital. Scores of paddy growers in Punjab and Haryana continue to defy the ban on stubble burning, claiming they are "compelled" to do so in the …
A new report on migration launched by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization urges that policies should not stem or accelerate migration but maximize the contribution of rural migration to economic and social development while minimizing the costs. The State of Food and Agriculture 2018 states that migration must be …
This report examines three overlapping crises: climate change, biodiversity loss and the growing land and other rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples and local communities. It challenges the assumption that need to look to geoengineering solutions such as Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) to deal with the climate crisis and …
Sharp jump in crop residue burning in Punjab, Haryana in last 10 days. New Delhi: Recent satellite images from the US space agency Nasa have revealed that farmers in Punjab and Haryana started burning crop residue earlier this month, thus raising the spectre of another smoggy winter for the national …
The Centre Thursday appealed to neighbouring states like Haryana and Punjab to work with full sincerity and responsibility in persuading farmers not to burn paddy stubble in order to check pollution. Union Environment and Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the Centre is monitoring the matter at all …
Sustainable agricultural mechanization for food self-sufficiency in Africa, this is the new joint plan set up by the African Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Doubling agricultural production on the African continent is the joint objective of the African Union and the Food and Agriculture …
If individual cows that produce less methane could be bred with each other, it could bring down emissions, researchers say. Photograph: Alamy From low-emission cows to robotic soil management, the farming industry will have to explore new approaches in the wake of a UN warning that the world needs to …
Ishaqzai, wizened and weather-beaten by decades of working in his wheat field, is one of more than 250,000 people in western Afghanistan displaced by the months-long dry spell that has devastated crops, livestock and water supplies. For only the second time in his life, Afghan farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai has …
Iraq’s farmlands are declining due to lack of rainfall and depleted soils, a report by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics has revealed. Wheat and barley were affected particularly hard, the report said, but it also observed a general decline in the yield per acre of Iraq’s farmland due to …
Indonesian poultry farmer Yohanes Sugihtononugroho faced ruin four years ago when plummeting prices forced him to slaughter all 100,000 of his chickens and shutter his business. He blamed large-scale poultry farmers who carried out a mass cull after their birds fell sick, flooding the market and sending prices tumbling. "We …
Scientists say that more than 100 thousand varieties of rice have been safeguarded for the future. Samples in the world's largest rice gene bank in the Philippines are being used to help farmers develop rice crops that can survive drought and flooding. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) gene bank …
With a large share of the population dependent on agriculture and high exposure to natural disasters and other food price shocks, the welfare impacts of food price inflation in Mozambique cannot be ignored. This paper performs incidence analysis exploiting the spatial location of households to match data on consumption with …
Chandigarh: Farmers have become easy targets as they are often blamed for causing air pollution by stubble burning, farm experts said on Wednesday as they pitched for addresing their issues without penalising them. Steps like crop diversification and investments in producing bio energy with paddy straw can help deal with …
