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 …
Cyclone Rashmi which hit the south early Monday has damaged crops on 2.28 lakh hectares of land in 11 districts of Barisal agriculture region and on about 1 lakh hectares in Jhenaidah, officials concerned feared. The department of agricultural extension office in the region said field workers were busy assessing …
Provin-cial Minister for Agriculture Arbab Mohammad Ayub Jan has said that Rs300 million had been provided to the Bank of Khyber so that farmers could get their crops insured. While addressing the students of the Agriculture Training Institute Peshawar, who completed their two-year course of field and stock assistants, the …
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 22, 2008, 0:13 IST As India gears up to feed its growing population of over 1.1 billion, its crop productivity could prove to be an Achille's heel, with yield per hectare still ruling below half the world's level for major crops. According …
FARM VIEW Surinder Sud / New Delhi October 21, 2008, 0:14 IST Thanks to government policy and falling global prices, a record crop hasn't translated into a pay-off for farmers. Those who thought that good crops in the past few seasons made farmers better off need to think again. The …
It is a festival bonanza for paddy farmers. The government today announced a bonus of Rs 50 per quintal over and above the minimum support price of paddy, a decision aimed at boosting the procurement of foodgrains in the current kharif marketing season. As reported in The Tribune earlier, the …
Seeking special package for the farmers, Congress MLC and former minister Gulchain Singh Charak today appealed the state government to provide immediate compensation for the 100 percent loss of paddy crops suffered by the farmers of entire border belt including Bishnah. While addressing media here today, Charak informed that he …
JEYPORE: Fear is writ large on the faces of Koraput district with scattered rainfall leading to apprehensions of a poor harvest this kharif season. Preliminary reports indicate that if the irrigation sources do not reach the farmers by October 20 there would be a crop loss of about 40 per …
The Kashmir valley is all set to have a bumper crop of rice and maize and likely to achieve the target production of these principle crops during this year following the timely rainfall and use of good-quality seeds by the farmers. The rain showers witnessed by the valley on Tuesday …
Namrata Acharya Despite a steep increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) of various agri-commodities this year, farmers are unlikely to gain much, as the open market operations and manipulative practices of traders continue to hit their profitability. The fact has been highlighted by a recent study conducted by the …
A heavy hailstorm ripped through the paddy crops in Budgam, Pulwama and Kupwara as heavy rains destroyed the crop in Anantanag this evening. The cold wave gripped Kashmir valley after rains lashed many parts of the valley including south Kashmir this evening. People were seen wearing woollen clothes and also …
