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 …
Eighty per cent of the families under the Kaliabor subdivision are dependent on agriculture. At the beginning of the monsoon this year, most of the farmers were dejected due to heavy rainfall and excessive water in the fields. But in the peak time during July and August, the weather became …
Kozhikode: A national symposium on various aspects of climate change and its impact on the diseases of agricultural crops will begin at the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) here from October 22. The two-day meet on
With a view to protect standing crops from wild animals, particularly elephants, the forest department of Uttarakhand is going to guard fields with solar fencing. In this exercise the department would seek the assistance of the Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Authority (UREDA). Though, as the old experience suggests, even this …
Decision on minimum support prices for rabi crops to be taken today Asks Rajasthan to start procurement of bajra National Food Security Act in the pipeline Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar addresses the media in Jaipur. JAIPUR: Union Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday described the foodgrain stocks …
Memorandum to the Committee on Agriculture with views on “cultivation of genetically modified food crops – prospects and effects” presented at the sitting of the Committee on October 19, 2010.
Memorandum to the Committee on Agriculture with views on “cultivation of genetically modified food crops – prospects and effects” presented at the sitting of the Committee on October 19, 2010.
KOCHI: The maize harvest mela organised by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) saw the first harvest of maize crop (Zea mays.L) which recorded an yield of 40 quintals an acre. The harvest was inaugurated by CMFRI director G Syda Rao, and the meeting was attended by progressive farmers …
Madhya Pradesh is the first state in the country where farmers will be given relief on crop failure. Giving this information during his daylong Panna district visit, Panchayat & Rural Development & Social Justice Minister as well as well minister incharge of Panna district Shri Gopal Bhargava instructed the officers …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday identified 10,440 villages, spread over 15 of 30 districts, as drought-hit as more than 50 per cent of paddy crop was lost due to inadequate rainfall this monsoon. The affected farmers in 10,440 villages and urban pockets will get compensation as announced by the …
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 10,336 villages spread across 15 districts have suffered more than 50 per cent crop loss because of erratic monsoon. The State Government is going to declare these areas drought-affected, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Surjya Narayan Patro said here on Tuesday. The minister told this paper …
Manish, Mysore, Oct 11, DH News Service: Gone are the days when farmers had to visit the agriculture department to know about farming details needed for growing crops. If the
CHANDIGARH: Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Kirit Somaiya said on Sunday that in spite of reprimand by the Supreme Court, the Centre seems little concerned about Rs.58,000 crore worth food grains rotting in various godowns. He was speaking to media persons after inaugurating an exhibition on
BJP national secretary Dr Kirit Somaiya today said the Central government was not concerned about the rotting foodgrains despite having been reprimanded by the Supreme Court. Somaiya inaugurated an exhibition on
Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced today that compensation given on natural calamities in the state will be linked to price rise. The farmers will get compensation according to damage to the crops. The process to give compensation after calculating the average of the whole area of crop will …
By giving cane farmers increasing prices every year, the government has made cane farming inefficient and uncompetitive The government is exercised about the food grain situation. It faced criticism from the Supreme Court for letting food grains rot in the rains instead of feeding the poor. The Prime Minister has …
This year's kharif output may be higher than last year but it will be short of 2007 or 2008 levels Surinder Sud / New Delhi October 5, 2010, 0:55 IST The preliminary crop production estimates for the current kharif season, issued by the agriculture ministry on September 23, do not …
INFLATION BEGETS INFLATION, AND THE RISE in the prices of one commodity impacts another. So, the inter-relation among prices of various commodity groups and the quantity-price interaction need to be understood. The other issue relates to the productive aspect of price rise and the non-productive aspect, also known as core …
The farmer moved on to bulk handling of food grains decades ago, while the government is still stuck with the age-old system of handling and storage in gunny bags, which leads to a huge waste K.S. Bains Following the Supreme Court
