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 …
The low pressure-induced torrential rains across the State have further brightened the prospects of a bumper kharif crop for the second consecutive year The low pressure-induced torrential rains across the State have further brightened the prospects of a bumper kharif crop for the second consecutive year. Prior to the current …
MONSOON WATCH Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 12, 2008, 3:16 IST Monsoon is yet to retreat even 11 days after the scheduled withdrawal date of September 1. But sowing for most kharif crops has been completed and farmers have shifted their focus to production and price trends of various …
Lesser grains: Can millet save the hungry millions? BY VIKRAM DOCTOR A FEW months back when the food crisis was big news and there was much agonising about inadequate supplies of rice, wheat and corn, I remember thinking, well what about eating millet instead? It
Farmers in Kashmir valley are all set to reap a bumper rice crop this year, following timely rains and with no outbreak of disease this year. The agriculture department is expecting a yield of 500,000 metric tones of paddy crop this year, compared to 495,000 metric tones achieved last year. …
Surinder Sud / Mumbai September 5, 2008, 3:13 IST The delay in the withdrawal of the monsoon is expected to benefit crops in the current kharif as well as in the ensuing rabi season. However, the projected increase in the intensity of rains in the north-eastern states may heighten the …
Business Standard / New Delhi September 02, 2008, 0:08 IST Of the several decisions taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) concerning the country
Crops on more than one lakh hectares of land in 15 districts have been inundated so far due to the flooding, which may take a turn for the worse in the next couple of days submerging fresh areas. According to a report prepared by the Department of Agricultural Extension on …
Genetically modified crops can help solve international food crisis faced by many countries including Pakistan, said US Special Advisor on Science and Technology Dr Nina V Fedoroff on Thursday. Talking to reporters at a local hotel, Fedoroff said the international community had ignored important issues like energy and food in …
Jalandhar: The actual damage of crop and property may run into hundreds of crores, but the government has estimated that a tentative Rs 70 crore relief fund is required for the flood-affected families in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur districts. Meanwhile, a girdawari is still on in both the districts. Kapurthala district …
With nearly 64 villages completely marooned even today, the state government has estimated the damage due to floods at over Rs 530 crore. This includes damage to crops, roads and houses. The figures do not include the extent of damage caused in Ropar district, for which the losses were being …
CRITICAL food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity, due to high fossil fuel prices, rank among the greatest threats today to the preservation of precious wetlands worldwide as farmers and developers look for new areas for agriculture, energy crop plantations and hydro dams. However, resisting pressure to convert …
Peru is considered to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. On the steep slopes of Chopcca, a community of 10,000 residents in the Andes, the rains come later, don't last as long and end more abruptly than they did only a few years …
Rituparna Bhuyan & Ajay Modi / New Delhi August 2, 2008, 0:42 IST Prices of key farm produce like wheat and rice in India are way below international prices, which means rural households will not be robbed of their income if liberal imports of these commodities are allowed. Data collected …
Six outstanding issues sum up just how faulty and perfunctory the Regulator's approach to bio-safety has been. Even the current inadequate norms for safety testing have NOT been applied to GM food crops like Bt okra and Bt brinjal before they were field tested. A. In No case has there …
This report highlights the impact of the UK's consumption patterns on water resources across the world. WWF has used state-of-the-art analysis to estimate the UK's total national water footprint. This report presents both the results of this analysis and several case studies that illustrate the impacts of the UK's water …
This Agricultural Outlook offers an assessment of agricultural markets covering cereals, oilseeds, sugar, meats, milk and dairy products over the period 2008 to 2017. For the first time, it also includes an analysis of and projections for global biofuel markets for bioethanol and biodiesel, facilitating the discussion of interactions between …
