CEOs need to accelerate their action plans to safeguard the production of commodities critical to the global population and economy as heat stress and drought risk rise around the world, according to PwC's report, Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities: Protecting People and Prosperity, published. The report, which analysed nine …
Farmers in the border belt of the Jammu region are a harried lot because yellow rust, a fungal disease, has affected more than 60 per cent of their wheat crop. Farmers in the RS Pura, Samba, Hiranagar and Kathua areas now fear that they may lose the entire crop, if …
NEW DELHI: There is no provision for the proposed National Food Security Bill in the budget proposals for 2011-12. The Bill will necessarily enhance the food subsidy as wheat and rice are to be made available at Rs.2 and Rs.3 a kg to the beneficiaries, but the budget does not …
Crop yield estimation has an important role on economy development and its accuracy and speed influence yield price and helps in deciding the excess or deficit production conditions. The water productivity evaluates the irrigation command through water use efficiency (WUE).
The specter of high commodity prices has recently reemerged, with global food prices registering a new peak in February 2011, triggered mainly by production shortfalls due to bad weather. The 30% hike in international food prices has translated to an average domestic food price inflation in developing Asia of about …
Wheat is one of the most important staple food crops of the world, occupying 17% (one-sixth) of crop acreage world wide, feeding about 40% (nearly half) of the world population and providing 20% (one-fifth) of total food calories and protein in human nutrition1. Global wheat production has been under threat …
Ludhiana: If similar weather conditions persist in the region for another couple of days the farmers expect a bumper wheat crop this season in Punjab. Apart from farmers, even the Agricultural experts expect a good crop as the ongoing weather was favourable for standing wheat crop. Though farmers said the …
Beijing: The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) diagnosis of China's wheat crisis differs from the one presented by the Chinese government. The FAO has said two-third of the country's vast wheat crop is at risk due to the winter drought, while Beijing has put the figure at 42%. Chen Lei, …
There is bad news on the global food front. In an alert issued this week, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that more than two-thirds of China
About 35 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was procured during the rabi season last year on support price out of which five lakh tonnes of wheat has become surplus. The state government wishes to sell it in the open market so that godowns can be emptied for keeping fresh stock. …
With prolonged cold weather condition prevailing in the key growing areas of northern and central India during the last few months, the country's wheat production is expected to match last year's record production of 81 million tonne, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday .
Most of China's wheat-growing areas in the north are suffering from drought with some seeing no rain for more than three months while the second most important wheat province of Shandong is facing its worst drought in a century. Experts say that if the drought goes on over coming weeks, …
In economic terms, it may sound vague that agricultural advances are touching Rs 30,000 crore when incidences of farmers committing suicide are on the rise in Madhya Pradesh. Over the last fortnight, three farmers have committed suicide and another is battling for life. State authorities are lending a deaf ear …
Bumper Crop And Buffer Stock Likely To Cut Prices By 25-50 A Quintal PREVAILING cold weather conditions and rains across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana are expected to ensure a bumper wheat crop this year. Farmers have, however, been told to be on alert for the appearance of yellow rust …
This article summarizes the results of water productivity assessment in 10 river basins across Asia, Africa and South America, representing a range of agro-climatic and socio-economic conditions. Intensive farming in the Asian basins gives much greater agricultural outputs and higher water productivity. Largely subsistence agriculture in Africa has significantly lower …
ENTHUSED by the perfect setting for wheat cultivation, Rampal Chaudhary, a farmer in Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan, is counting every inch of his land. After sowing wheat on his farm attached to his house, he doesn
The post WTO policy reforms in the field of agricultural trade induced changes in the institutional and market conditions that led to the entry of the private sector in agribusiness and brought a shift in the relative position of different players in the market. It has created sharp discontinuities in …
Change in climate conditions and the frequency of natural disasters in recent times has made it imperative to find lasting adaptation solutions for the agriculture sector. Given that almost 60 % of the country’s population relies on this sector for its livelihood and that it contributes approximately 15.7% of India’s …
This report examines where, why, and how past interventions in agricultural development have succeeded. It carefully reviews the policies, programs, and investments in agricultural development that have reduced hunger and poverty across Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the past half century. The 19 successes included here are described in …
