The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
KALIABOR, Oct 25 – The Kaliabor subdivision is primarily a huge agriculture-based area, where about 80 per cent of the families are dependent on agriculture. This year, due to favourable weather conditions villages of Sakmothigaon, Bharaligaon, Dolpukhuri, Bamuni, Dulgaon, Garikuri, Akhiranga, Danigoji, Kuwaritol, Puthania, Sonarigaon, Roumari, Barun Chowk have witnessed …
Biofuels made from algae, promoted by President Barack Obama as a possible way to help wean Americans off foreign oil, cannot be made now on a large scale without using unsustainable amounts of energy, water and fertiliser, the US National Research Council reported on Wednesday. "Faced with today's technology, to …
Several farmers’ leaders in Andhra Pradesh have asked the State Government not to allow GM (genetically modified) crop trials. Representatives of all-party farmers’ unions have met Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana on Sunday evening and requested him not to give permission for the GM field trials in the State. “You should …
A Supreme Court-mandated committee of technical experts comprising scientists from top public research laboratories and academic institutions has recommended a ten-year moratorium on field trials of Bt transgenics in all food crops that are directly consumed by people.
The Kissan Khet Mazdoor Congress (KKMC) of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has demanded a white paper on the steps proposed to be taken by the government for rabi crop. lleging that shortage of farm labourers, hike in prices of pesticides and farm equipment coupled with irregularities in the supply …
BHUBANESWAR: Stating that attack by caterpillars would damage paddy crop in several districts, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Saturday asked the State Government to take immediate steps to save the farmers from the pest menace. OPCC general secretary Arjya Kumar Gyanendra said though there was an expectation of …
Drought conditions in the United States grew even worse over the last week as historic drought conditions crept north and threatened new winter wheat planting in several states. September was the driest in 118 years of U.S. record keeping for North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana and was the third-driest …
MIRZA, Oct 9 – The recent floods have caused irreparable damage to the rabi crop farmersin over 60 villages in Goroimari, Palasbari and Chamaria revenue circles in Kamrup district by destroying several hundred hectare areas of the crops raised by the farmers in the Brahmaputra plains. The first wave of …
To enhance per acre yield and encourage diversification of crops, the Haryana government is providing subsidy on certified seeds. A spokesman of Haryana Seed Development Corporation (HSDC) said farmers of four districts —Kurukshetra, Karnal, Kaithal and Panipat — were being provided with seeds on subsidised rate for Rabi crops. He …
The economy of Majuli has been devastated by the recurring floods this year. The little hope remaining among the majority of the inhabitants engaged in agriculture in Majuli after the flood in June was also totally washed away by the last monstrous flood in the month of September this year. …
New Delhi: In a bid to bring synergies between various programmes aiming at increasing production of horticultural crops, the government has decided to merge two centrally sponsored schemes — Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH) & National Bamboo Mission (NBM) with the ongoing National Horticultural Mission (NHM). …
The GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology has unveiled 11 hybrids of different crops developed as part of the crop improvement programme of the university. These crops include two varieties of paddy, one variety of wheat, soyabean, yellow mustard and pea among others. Addressing mediapersons on the occasion, the …
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking "happiness" for its citizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic. The tiny Buddhist-majority nation wedged between China and India has an unusual and some say enviable approach to …
Shillong, Sept. 30: Hopes of economic recovery for the people residing in the plains belt of Garo hills took a blow after several hundred acres of standing crops were completely destroyed in the second wave of floods in the area. “The damage to households and crops is more severe this …
Seven Eastern States appear to have brought about a Green Revolution in paddy cultivation. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday said the chronically food-deficit Eastern region has made a quantum jump in paddy output. “In two years (2009-10 to 2011-12) the seven Eastern States added around 85 lakh tonnes …
Food: Although the overall rainfall deficiency has improved and is now only about five per cent below normal, the delayed monsoon is all set to adversely impact the kharif crop output this year. According to the first advance estimates, the foodgrain output this season will be about 10 per cent …
BHUBANESWAR: Alleging large-scale misappropriation of funds in various schemes for farmers, the Kissan Khet Mazdoor Congress (KKMC), the farmers’ wing of the OPCC, on Saturday demanded a White Paper from the State Government on its preparations for rabi crop. The farmers’ body sought provision of adequate quantities of groundnut, ‘biri’, …
Recently, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar had said that the gap in sowing area is wide in drought-affected states and production of coarse cereals and pulses is expected to be lower than last year. The government is finding it difficult to meet the foodgrain production target for the current kharif season …
Chandigarh: Amid a furore over FDI in multi-brand retail, the Haryana government has said its allowing direct purchase of horticulture produce and setting up of primary processing facilities by private players will help farmers gain from foreign investments in the sector. As part of major reforms in the farm sector, …
European Union plans to cap the use of food-based biofuels are a major setback for an industry once seen playing a central role in the fight against climate change, but now more often cast as the villain following a series of global food price spikes. Industry sources and analysts predict …
