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 …
LUCKNOW: In what is expected to add more teeth to the investigation into the multi-thousand crore foodgrain scam in UP, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday decided to join the CBI investigation. The Allahabad HC had on Friday asked CBI to join the probe into the unprecedented foodgrain pilferage in …
-Cyclonic circulation over Gangetic Bengal moves into jharkhand, showers in Ranchi and Jamshedpur The December showers have raised hopes of good rabi crops, after an errant monsoon left farmers in the lurch with poor paddy yield. While the showers have come as a blessing for farmers growing wheat, pulses, oil …
Soaring temperature had led to incidences of fruit damage AFALL in production of oranges across major belts of Punjab, Maharashtra and Rajasthan has led to prices rising between 40% and 45% and touching 290-350 for a carton of 10 kg. The one bright spot, literally, is that growers in the …
This study from the European Commission examines the impacts of GMOs and finds that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, pose no greater health and environmental risks than conventionally bred crops. The report presents the results of 50 projects, involving more than 400 research groups and representing European Union research grants …
The report reviews the decision by the Indian regulatory authority to stall the commercial release of transgenic crops containing the reporter gene GUS because of environmental implications, though scientists have concluded it safe. This decision will impact many crops, including those developed for drought and salt tolerance.
If you want to rank states, there are two broad roads to follow. First, you can administer questionnaires and respondents' reply to specific questions. This route, however, presumes that respondents know about all the states you wish to rank. Typically, that doesn't happen. Respondents know about states they operate in …
Bangarpet: Farmers get no help from Agricultural Dept in time of crisis Acres of potato crop in Sakkanahalli in Bangarpet taluk destroyed by blight. dh photoFarmers have lost lakhs of rupees due to destruction of potato crop by a bout of blight, yet, they are yet to receive any relief …
BHUBANESWAR: The seven-member inter-ministerial team wrapped up its drought review exercise in the State after holding discussions with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Friday. The team, which visited eight drought-affected districts, admitted widespread crop loss. In some areas, the crop loss is more than 70 per cent while in …
Haryana irrigation department has issued rotational programme for running of channels of BML Barwala Link and Sirsa Branch System and channels of Tail BML System for ensuring equal distribution of water to the farmers during the rabi season (2010-11). A spokesman of irrigation department said channels of BML Barwala Link …
The farmer-friendly Madhya Pradesh government has given the proofs of its resolve to make agriculture profitable and shown sensitiveness towards farmers by amending the Revenue Book Circular 6-4 thrice
AGARTALA - The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has embarked on a Rs 550-crore project to broaden storage facilities and maintain uninterrupted supply of food grain to the northeastern states, a top official said here Thursday. "The corporation has started implementation of the Rs 550-crore project to build big godowns, …
4 insurance cos to implement the scheme. The weather-based scheme aims at providing insurance to the cultivator against adverse weather such as deficit and excessive rainfall, frost, heat (temperature) and relative humidity, which affect the crops. The weather-based crop insurance scheme will be implemented in the ongoing rabi season for …
A PARLIAMENTARY committee has asked the government to consider incentivising private players to set up grain storage facilities as it prepares to implement the right to food. The government will require around 620 lakh tonnes of foodgrain annually to implement the food security law. The official procurement stood at 539.75 …
CHINSURAH, 21 NOV: Acting on a tiff-off, Serampore police today raided a house in the Mahesh Colony area and confiscated 1,015 bags of wheat and rice meant for APL, BPL and mid-day meal schemes. According to police, Mr Kishore Das of Mahesh Colony in Serampore purchased rice and wheat from …
According to preliminary estimates from 19 district administrations, crops on nearly 1.5 lakh hectares of land have been damaged due to the untimely heavy rains across the state in the last few days. One third of the damage is in the Konkan belt alone where the state administration is expected …
Cooperative Week celebrations to conclude on Saturday Handheld billing machines to all ration shops from December 1 Functioning of shops to be monitored from control room He told reporters here that of the targeted disbursal of Rs. 25 crore, Rs. 14.57 crore was disbursed till October. The target will be …
The Prime Minister-appointed working group on agricultural production has recommended crop loan to farmers be given at four per cent, as against the current five per cent. At present, crop loan under the priority sector lending to agriculture is offered by banks at 7 per cent. Under this, the borrower …
Call it a DNA digital Dewey Decimal System for all life on Earth. Every species, from extinct to thriving, is set to get its own DNA barcode in an attempt to better track the ones that are endangered, as well as those being shipped across international borders as food or …
