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Budget: The 2024 budget presents a chance to sow the seeds of a transformed agricultural sector - resilient, sustainable, empowered. By embracing innovation, investing in the future and placing the farmer at the heart of the equation, India can cult...

The SCO Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, represents a significant event for over 3 billion people. Kazakhstan, as a founding member, prioritizes the SCO's development within its balanced foreign policy. Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko emphasiz...

Satveer Singh's family relies on a sack of wheat flour to stave off hunger. They barely manage, aided by government rations, despite irregular supply. Extreme weather has slashed India's wheat production, forcing the government to cut rations and ha...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of Indian food products in the global market at a PM Kisan Samman Sammelan. He emphasized self-reliance in pulses and oilseeds and the 'one district one product' initiative to boost agricultura...

In 2023, the Indian fertilizer market size stood at Rs 94,210 crore, driven by increased agricultural demands and strategic governmental interventions.

The UN has suspended food distribution in Gaza's Rafah due to shortages, affecting over 1 million people facing high hunger levels. The main aid entry point has been closed since May 6.. Humanitarian operations are on the brink of collapse, with hea...

As this year’s summer, with its extended heat waves and record temperatures, warns, how to adapt to a warmer world is no longer a hypothetical question. A new study by World Weather Attribution says climate change has made a 30-day heat wave in Sout...

The United Nations has long complained of obstacles to getting aid in and distributing it throughout Gaza during the six-month-old war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which rules the enclave of 2.3 million people. "To avert ...

India invoked the peace clause for exceeding the 10% support ceiling for rice farmers, breaching WTO subsidy ceilings with $52.8B rice production and $6.39B subsidies, surpassing the 10% de minimis limit.

The Indian government plans to increase wheat procurement from Bihar, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh to 50 LMT in Rabi Marketing Season 2024-25, aiming to meet its procurement target of 310 LMT and restore wheat allocation in various food security pro...

Food waste is a growing issue globally, with an estimated 1.05 billion tonnes wasted in 2022, compared to 931 million tonnes in 2019. Despite this, 783 million people are going hungry worldwide. India is not immune, with the average household wastin...

The U.N. Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report reveals that the world wasted an estimated 1.05 billion metric tons of food in 2022, equivalent to about 19% of global production. The report highlights the environmental impact of food waste,...

A third country, Zimbabwe, has also seen much of its crops decimated and is considering following suit and declaring a drought disaster, underlining concerns raised by the UN World Food Programme late last year that numerous nations in southern Afri...

The Green Revolution helped the country graduate from an importer to an exporter of many crops. But experts warn that nutrition security isn't getting adequate attention.

The prime minister talked about various initiatives taken by the government in the last 10 years for the growth of the cooperative sector as part of its vision of "Sahakar se Samridhi", and specifically highlighted the creation of a specific ministr...

However, it has been shipping rice to friendly and neighbouring nations such as Indonesia, Senegal, Gambia, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Iran on a government-to-government basis. This is being facilitated by t...

International aid organizations have raised alarm over the dire situation in Gaza following more than two months of conflict between Israel and Hamas. Charities like Save the Children and Oxfam described the catastrophic conditions, warning of poten...

British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps plans to visit Israel and the West Bank, aiming to expedite humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza. Discussions on aid routes by land, sea, and air are scheduled with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Royal Air Force...

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said civilians faced the "immediate possibility of starvation" due to the lack of food supplies. International officials say a humanitarian crisis for the 2.3 million residents of Gaza is entering a new...