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 …
Just 849 of the 8,214 projects under the Watershed Development Component of the flagship Prime Minister Krishi Sinchayee Yojana have seen “official closure” till date says this new report by the Standing Committee on Rural Development This Report of the Standing Committee on Rural Development (2017-18) deals with the action …
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launch new publication on Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Africa Programmes. The Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP) is a continental programme which strengthens the institutional capacities, policy engagement and engagement of value chains of African farmers’ organizations. This IFAD publication …
In September 2015, governments at the United Nations took a major step towards defining a common framework for future action, when they adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the new Agenda 2030. Among other things, this included a commitment under SDG 2 to end hunger and all …
Climate change is projected to have serious impacts on the agriculture of southern Africa, affecting food availability, creating local production shortfalls and resulting in rising commodity prices. This report highlights the risks to agriculture and food systems that may occur in two counties of the region, Malawi and Zambia. The …
Canada’s productive agricultural lands are an important asset for our hardworking farmers, a strategic resource essential for maintaining global food security and the sector’s continued profitability. Over the last 35 years, Canada’s average crop area per farm has doubled, accounting for over 90 million acres in 2016, or nearly 60 …
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Droughts, frosts and other unfavorable conditions are expected to cause late damage to the European Union’s rapeseed harvest, cutting output in leading producers Germany, France and Poland, experts said on Thursday. The market was now expecting the overall EU 2018 crop to bring in around or less …
The estimate for Argentina’s drought-hit corn crop may be cut further from the 32 million tonnes currently expected to be harvested this season, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange and the country’s main farmers group said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Farmer Bernardo Romano stands in a corn field in a drought-affected …
MALOUT, PUNJAB: Expressing concern over the problem of stubble burning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that the central government was working seriously to ensure that farmers were not compelled to burn agricultural residue. "I want to talk about the important issue of stubble burning from this platform. The central …
Indications have emerged that Nigeria faces drastic food shortage and price hike in the nearest future if herders-farmers' clashes in the North Central Nigeria continue unabated. These are hinged on displacement or killings of farming households in the conflict zones. The UN Commission for Refugees said in April that over …
Rural and indigenous communities worldwide must wade through decades of red tape to secure property rights while companies can win those rights within weeks, putting local people at grave risk of losing their homelands, researchers said on Wednesday. Lacking legal claim to their property leaves communities vulnerable to being pushed …
Climate change is posing a challenge not only to agricultural crops but also to livestock. In order to sustain rural livelihoods it is critical to identify livestock breeds that are climate resilient. In this direction, Indian scientists have identified two variables which could be used assess resilient capacity of indigenous …
Living standards for half of Indians may fall due to temperature change: Report Hyderabad: Climate change will affect the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, which would mean a decline of 14.4 per cent in Bangladesh, 9.8 per cent in India, and 10.0 per cent in Sri Lanka by 2050. …
Trade and participation in global value chains can play a key role in economic diversification and development. This paper deepens the discussion about productivity growth and upgrading in agriculture in Africa, and the role of national, regional, and international value chains in supporting such structural change. The analysis in this …
This document provides a regional assessment of food security and vulnerability for SADC member countries, and aims to synthesise national level vulnerability assessments, facilitate discussions and a shared vision for reducing vulnerability, and discuss emerging trends in vulnerability assessments. This document describes the regional food and nutrition security outlook for …
EY Foundation India, the not-for-profit arm of Indian member firms of EY Global, today committed its support to the India ParyavaranSahayak (IPS) Foundation to implement a cost-efficient and scalable solution to address the air quality issue in northern India. The grants will be used to spread awareness and drive usage …
NOIDA: It is high time to stop crop residue burning (CRB) which is practised in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab during the post-harvest season, according to senior NASA scientist Sudipta Sarkar who, along with two other associates in the US and India, recently concluded a study on …
This report assesses the performance of agricultural and food policy in India and calculates a set of policy indicators providing a comprehensive picture of agricultural support. These indicators, developed by the OECD, are already used regularly in the analysis of the agriculture and food sector in 51 OECD countries and …
This study analyses the outcomes of early actions implemented in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in 2017, evaluating how effective they were in mitigating the impact of severe drought on vulnerable pastoralist livelihoods and quantifying the benefits generated through acting early. Early actions are varied and flexible, ranging from cash transfers …
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and Pennsylvania State University have joined forces to develop and launch an innovative, talking app - Nuru - to help African farmers recognise Fall Armyworm, a new and fast-spreading crop pest in sub-Saharan Africa, so that they can take immediate steps to destroy …
Heavy downpour over the weekend caused flooding in several parts of the region with the worse hit being the Akyemansa district. According to the farmers, the destruction of their farms has the potential to cause rice shortage. Some of the farmers who spoke to Class FM explained that the rice …
