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 …
New Delhi: With rains and hailstorm lashing Punjab and Haryana for the second day, the weather continued to worry farmers as well as the government keeping a watch on the wheat harvest for the season. The meteorology department has predicted that the rains would fade over the week and temperatures …
Sonepat: A number of villages in Sonepat, Kharkhoda, Rai and Gannaur blocks of the district were lashed by hailstorm for around 10 minutes, causing damage to standing crops and hampering the work of harvesting and thrashing of wheat crop. The wheat stock brought by farmers to mandis also got wet. …
Regions affected In Europe, there has been a fall in bee colonies since 1965. Unusual weakening and mortality was reported in 1998. France, Switzerland, Germany, the UK, Spain and Italy were worst affected. In the US, loss of bee colonies has aggravated since 2004. During 2006-2007, 29 per cent beekeepers …
The Rajasthan Government has set the target for disbursement of crop loans worth Rs.6,000 crore to farmers through village cooperative societies this year. The Apex Cooperative Bank has released targets for its branches in each of the seven divisions in the State. Cooperative Minister Parsadilal Meena said here on Monday …
India is estimated to harvest an all-time record output of 235.88 million tonne (MT) of foodgrains in the 2010-11 crop year (ending June), courtesy the highest-ever production of wheat and pulses. Addressing the Kharif Conference here, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the third advance estimate figures available with him showed …
The yellow rust disease that hit parts of the crucial wheat-producing States in northern India will hit production by about 5 lakh tonnes, informed sources have said. Although the Agriculture Ministry is said to have taken
The European Union (EU) Commission has released a report on the socio-economic implications of the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The report, which is based on contributions by EU member States, concludes that currently there is insufficient data for an adequate assessment. The report summarizes information submitted by member …
Sitting over estimates of a bumper crop this year, the government is once again faced with the storage problem. In focus is the rural godown scheme of the agriculture ministry, which is not working well in many states. According to the second advance estimates, production of foodgrains during 2010-11 is …
Patiala, March 30 High-velocity winds accompanied by hailstorm and an incessant spell of rain for a couple of hours last night damaged the almost ripened wheat crop in villages across Patiala and surrounding areas. With farmers demanding a special girdwari, the administration may write to the government to look into …
In order to mitigate the problem of crop damage due to the over abundant population of Nilgai antelopes (blue bulls) and wild boars, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to allow the farmers to shoot down these animals. Madhya Pradesh forest minister Sartaj Singh informed the state Assembly about the …
Output may reach 40 million bales in 2011-12. Cotton output in India, the world’s second-largest producer, may rise to a record for a second straight year as a rally in prices spurs farmers to boost planting, traders said. Output could reach 40 million bales in the 2011-2012 season, said Parth …
Jammu: The state government said today that a new agriculture policy was on the anvil that would focus on the diversification of crops to encourage low volume, but high value crops in the state.
The Economic Survey for the year 2010-11 presented in the assembly today pegged the annual growth rate at 9 per cent with the per capita income expected to increase by 9.4 per cent. Presenting the Economic Survey in the House on the eve of presentation of the budget for the …
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 …
This study focuses on the direct monetary and other effects of growing GM crops that influence farmers‘ income, as represented by the following economic parameters: crop yields, seed costs, pesticides and herbicides costs, labour costs, and gross margins. The objectives of this study are, firstly, to provide an overview of …
In many developing countries, agriculture is the cornerstone of their economy, the basis of economic growth and the main source of livelihood. But agriculture in the developing world is often cited as being one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate change. In Africa, for example, the majority of available …
