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 …
Wheat Acreage May Drop 7%; Corn By 1% & Cotton By 7% AFP NEW YORK SCALDED by the financial crisis, which has driven crop prices down after several auspicious years, US farmers have let their lands lie fallow this year in hopes of securing some savings. In its annual report …
Genetic engineering has been promoted as an important means for dramatically improving the yields of staple food crops, but there is little evidence to support such a claim. In Failure to Yield, the Union of Concerned Scientists provides the most comprehensive evaluation to date of more than two decades of …
Various efforts are on to popularise the use of millets. Farmers are realising the need for incorporating millets into their cropping system, writes Anitha Pailoor Mahadevi B Maregowda was overwhelmed. The unique taste of navane chakkuli prepared by her had attracted a large number of visitors. For the first time, …
Heavy damage was caused to seasonal crops and houses, due to a hailstorm which swept through Imphal West and Thoubal districts on Friday night. Over 400 houses have been damaged in the hailstorm, that blew last night, at Iram Siphai, Chongtham Kona, Laiphrakpam and Mutum Phibou villages in Imphal West …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi March 30, 2009, 0:43 IST Thanks to about 3.8 million tonnes (or 3 per cent) additional land brought under cultivation, the foodgrains harvest in the rabi season, at its fag end now, is likely to top last year
Overcast sky, strong surface winds, incessant rains and a drop in both day and night temperatures during the past 24 hours have been a cause of worry for farmers of Punjab and Haryana as their rabi crops are almost ready for harvest. It is the second successive spell of inclement …
Rainfall in Punjab may damage two to three percent of the standing wheat crop, reliable sources told Business Recorder here on Wednesday. They said that the area under wheat cultivation in Muzzafargarh, Bahawalpur and Rajanpur was badly affected by the current rains in the province. The sources said that Punjab …
The agriculture and plantations sectors in the country from the time of the coffee blight ravaged coffee plantations in the early 19th century have been affected by pests. The Mealy Bug or Piti Makuna is the latest that endangered the papaw cultivations in the country and spread to other crops. …
Conservation Agriculture In yet another step towards popularising conservation agriculture among the farmers of the region, the Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation (PAFC) has demonstrated cultivation of wheat using minimalist tillage technology. The wheat has been grown on 120 acres of PAFC farmland in Ladhowal, Ludhiana.
KENDRAPARA: Distress sale of paddy will be a major poll issue in the district this time. The ruling BJD is in a tight spot as large number of farmers are unhappy with performance of the government on this front. Houses of large number of farmers are littered with paddy bags …
The Department of Agriculture has completed a survey for assessing the loss cause to wheat crop by airborne disease yellow rust in border areas of Samba district recently. The chief agriculture officer (CAO), Samba, Arun Kumar Makhnotra today submitted the survey report to the district administration. To disburse compensation, a …
Agri Dept to submit amended proposal to EC The Agriculture Department today decided to amend its proposal on farm subsidies, which was rejected by the Election Commission (EC). The amended proposal to be submitted to the commission tomorrow stresses on agri-equipment and fertiliser needed in next two months before the …
Nashik: A sudden hour-long hailstorm on Sunday destroyed grape crop worth Rs60 crore across 5,000 acres in the northeastern parts of the state's vine district of Nashik. The hail also damaged wheat and vegetables. After a few unseasonal showers last week, between 6pm and 7:10pm on Sunday, hail stones the …
Jammu: An audit scrutiny by the Comptroller and Auditor General has indicted the J-K Government for neglecting the Agriculture and Allied sector, responsible for contributing 27 per cent to the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the last five years. The CAG report has revealed that even as the net …
KOCHI: For many of us, the festival of harvest has faded into oblivion. But a group of youngsters at Malayidamthuruthu, a village near Pukkattupady, has been engaged in an effort to bring back that long forgotten culture. These enterprising youngsters started paddy cultivation three months ago on 12 acres of …
A GROUP of ministers on Thursday agreed in principle to lift the two-year old ban on exports of wheat and wheat products after general elections end in May. The decision was taken by an empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, government officials said. The …
With the forthcoming wheat harvest and its subsequent procurement, having the potential to sway elections in the rural areas of Punjab, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today assured Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that every grain of wheat would be lifted from the Punjab Mandis during the season. The …
