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 …
Jammu: Separate incidents of fire reduced standing wheat crop covering as many as 143 kanals of land to ashes yesterday. A major fire razed bone-dry crop in the border village of Agra Chak in RS Pura tehsil and at Goh-Brahmna village in Vijaypur tehsil of Samba district. At Agra Chak, …
Around 600 wheat growers in 10 villages on the banks of Haro River have suffered badly due to release of water from Khanpur Dam after the recent heavy rains. A group of farmers led by Jhalu union council nazim Rafaqat Khan Tahirkheli told reporters here on Sunday that excess water …
He said that maize is not one of our traditional food items but still Sri Lanka has been able to grow maize and become self-sufficient within one year. The total production had been used to produce Thriposha and animal food. This is a great achievement for the country as the …
For the Group of Eight ministers of agriculture meeting for the first time on Saturday there will be no greater example of the dilemma faced in feeding a growing population than China. The world's largest agricultural economy makes the ministers wary because of its huge and expanding food needs: but …
Rains lashed at many parts of the country during the past two weeks could affect and delay the harvesting of the standing wheat crop in different parts of the country. "Rains and windy weather at this stage are not good for the wheat crop, which is fully ripe and at …
Vijay C Roy / Chandigarh April 16, 2009, 0:25 IST Wheat procurement from Punjab is expected to be lower this season following reduced estimates for the crop. With untimely rain causing widespread damage to the crop this Rabi season, Punjab has lowered its wheat output estimates by 500,000 tonnes to …
Many people consider the wider use of biofuels a promising way of reducing the amount of surplus carbon dioxide (CO2) being pumped into the air by the world
Efforts are underway to start export of mangoes to the United States during the forthcoming season, as the main hurdle of non-availability of irradiation treatment has now been removed. It would be a major breakthrough as at present India enjoys a complete sway in exports of mangoes to the United …
Sirsa: With farmers still busy in harvesting their crops, candidates of different parties concentrated on campaigning in urban areas of the Sirsa (reserved) parliamentary constituency today. INLD candidate Sita Ram, who has been campaigning for the past two weeks now, concentrated on a door-to-door campaign in his native town Dabwali …
Scientists have located a gene (Lr34) present in wheat plants that increases resistance to leaf rust, says Rohini Rangarajan Come winter and wheat plants might exhibit symptoms every farmer dreads. The leaves and stems show small orange to brown flecks that soon enlarge and spread. The infected parts mature and …
Alipurduar: A hailstorm accompanied by rain flattened tea bushes and damaged property in four tea gardens of the Alipurduar subdivision last night. The calamity hit the Tasati, Mujnai Subhasini and Ethelbari tea estates around 10.15pm and left a trail of devastation in just 15 minutes. The worst-hit was the Tasati …
A heavy rain lashed the region here on Tuesday night, affecting standing wheat crop and mango orchards. The wheat is at a crucial stage of ripening and rain is very injurious to it, stated agri-experts and farmers. Muhammad Azam, a mango farmer, said the plants are bearing fruit these days …
Moderate to heavy rains for the past two days have cast a shadow on the better prospect of rabi crop in the region while the exact degree of impact would come to the fore in the near future only. Besides affecting the quantum of the produce, untimely rains may also …
Inclement weather, wet spell to continue Weather forecast that the wet spell might continue in the region for the next few days has both farmers and farm experts worried. As it is, moderate to heavy rain on Monday accompanied by hailstorms is said to have inflicted extensive damage to the …
Jayati Ghosh FOR MUCH of the period between mid 2007 and mid 2008, as global prices in oil and other commodity markets zoomed to stratospheric levels, various eminent economists joined bankers, financial market consultants and even policymakers, in emphasising that these price rises were all about
Farmers in various areas of the Jammu region have expressed concern over the failure of the Irrigation Department to get the Ranbir Canal properly cleaned and desilted. They alleged that filthy water from the canal was damaging their standing vegetable crops and the quality of soil. The Irrigation Department had …
Ludhiana: Hopes of bumper crop washed away Woes continue to pour on Punjab farmers. Rainfall accompanied by hailstorm lashed Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Muktsar, Faridkot, Gurdaspur and some others areas, spelling doom for the wheat crop, which is ready for harvesting, and washing away the hope of a bumper yield. Punjab, in …
Light to moderate rain accompanied by hailstorm at some places in Punjab has devastated wheat and other crops in about 50-60 villages. Hailstorm has almost wiped out wheat and other crops in about 23 villages, 17 villages of Fatehgarh Sahib and six of Patiala district. Wheat crop has been devastated …
TAMLUK, April 1: Rain, thunder squalls and hailstorms lashed Midnapore East district on Tuesday afternoon, causing extensive damage to standing crops. The weather prompted the district administration to rush officials to the affected areas to assess loss. There were no reports of any casualties from the affected blocks. The additional …
