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 …
Eminent agriculture scientist and former Vice Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, Dr S Jayaraj lamented that the registration of Geographical Indication (GI) crops in South India is very poor, though the scene in Karnataka is far better compared to that of the other southern states. He was …
The government is considering exporting potatoes to Bangladesh and selling them to Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Karnataka to deal with the bumper production this year. Agriculture marketing minister Murtaza Hossain said the government had written to the Centre for permission to export potatoes to Bangladesh. "We are awaiting a …
Declining agricultural productivity and the increasing demand for foodgrains have emerged as a big challenge before the country. Barring a few states, the production level of agriculture in most of the states has either been static or gone down. In many cases, overuse of chemical fertilisers has adversely affected soil …
The finance minister's (FM) shrewd decision to waive small farmer loans may end up costing the nation much less than the Rs 60,000 crore earlier estimated. The FM says since many of the loans have already gone bad, the government will not be writing them off. While the waiver is …
The agricultural scene in Haryana, dominated by paddy-wheat rotation, is causing degradation to soil fertility and fall in the underground water level. This was stated in the economic survey tabled in the state assembly here today. It said the area under wheat and paddy crops crossed over 53 per cent …
The ongoing implementation of the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in the State is expected to result in substantial increase in the area of summer paddy, and consequently, greater production. The projection for summer paddy extension is 3.75 lakh hectares as against the existing 3.13 lakh hectares (2006-07), an increase …
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation plc of London, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) Australia and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), Colombo have agreed to provide US$ 16.1 mn for the implementation of the Sustainable Water Assistance Management Project Phase II. The project will be financed with …
Andhra Pradesh has been galloping ahead on the road to progress and prosperity at incredible speed in the last four years. Till 2004... every other day, the State had to depend on overdrafts on the RBI to meet its commitments including clearance of bills and payment of salaries. Large sections …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, while presenting his Budget for 2008-09 today proposed abolition of Value Added Tax (VAT) from rice, pulses, atta, maida, suji and besan. He also proposed removal of VAT from onion and potato. He said in his Budget speech that this would help the common people by …
Adopting the Pakistani pattern of maize cultivation has proved a boon for Punjab state farmers as they have doubled their production. In Pakistan, farmers sow the crop from east to west with the heaps at a distance of 24-27 inches and the plant distance of about 7-8 inch, as the …
There is no improvement in River Indus flows at Gudu Barrage and position has worsened with inflow in Indus at Tarbela being only 20,300 cusecs while Tarbela storage diminished and attained the dead storage level of RL 1369ft. A spokesman of Irrigation and Power Department described it a very serious …
Agriculture experts of South Asian countries have recommended the setting up of regional information centres to alert farmers in the area on movement of pests and spread of crop dieseas in the wake of climate change. A three-day meeting on Science-based Agricultural Transformation towards Alleviation of Hunger and Poverty which …
Speakers at a conference here have stressed the need for conducting more research on crop diversity to ensure food security. Speaking at different sessions of the concluding day of the three-day conference on Thursday, they called for effective strategies in this regard. The 6th Annual Scientific Conference was organised jointly …
Acute water shortage in Nara canal system has badly hit wheat, vegetable, sugarcane and other crops as several branches and distributaries are closed for more than 10 days. Irrigation authorities had put into practice rotation system and release water to some branches after 15 days. However, low level hampers water …
The minister for agriculture, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, said an Agriculture Regulatory Commission would be appointed to decide payment of bonus for various crops in the state. Speaking to newsmen here on Thursday, he said that the state government has decided to pay minimum support price and bonus for various …
AS BILLBOARDS across Chhattisgarh hardsell the state government's Rs 771-crore food security scheme envisaging distribution of rice at Rs 3 per kg to 34 lakh poor households, CM Ram Singh has embarked on an equally ambitious mission: Monitoring its execution right down to the level of the PDS outlet. It's …
The State Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Dr Nazrul Hussain today told the Assembly that deficit production and increase of price at source due to rising demand were at the root of the price rise in essential commodities, especially foodgrains, in the State. Replying to a question raised by Ananta …
As the Union Government works out the exact details of the farm loan waiver announced in the Budget, the first concern has been raised by Punjab, which incidentally contributes 50 per cent of the total foodgrain in the national pool. The state has pointed out that local custom ensures that …
This paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals, pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and sugar/sugarcane. It provides the demand and supply projections for food items during 2011, 2021 and 2026. These projections have been based on change in productivity levels, changes in price, growth of population and …
This paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals, pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and sugar/sugarcane. It provides the demand and supply projections for food items during 2011, 2021 and 2026. These projections have been based on change in productivity levels, changes in price, growth of population and …
