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Trends 2025: Pressured by Large Harvest And End to India Export Ban Rice Prices Likely to Come Down

Trends 2025: Pressured by Large Harvest And End to India Export Ban Rice Prices Likely to Come Down

Rice exports from other exporters like Pakistan are projected to decline by 12.3%...

Over 10% of global land affected by salinity: FAO report

Over 10% of global land affected by salinity: FAO report

The climate crisis and human mismanagement contribute to excessive salinisation,...

Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Permanently Drier in Last Three Decades, UN Report Reveals

Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Permanently Drier in Last Three Decades, UN Report Reveals

In a sobering revelation from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification...

Global Cereal Output and Trade Revised Downward for 2024, Wheat and Maize Production Hit by Weather Challenges

Global Cereal Output and Trade Revised Downward for 2024, Wheat and Maize Production Hit by Weather Challenges

The latest forecast for global cereal production in 2024 has been revised downward...

November Sees Rise in Vegetable Oil Prices in Global Market, While Wheat, Rice, and Sugar Prices Decline

November Sees Rise in Vegetable Oil Prices in Global Market, While Wheat, Rice, and Sugar Prices Decline

The benchmark for world food commodity prices rose in November to its highest level...

COP29 Climate Talks Conclude with $300 Billion Pledge; Developing Nations Decry Deal as ‘Insult’

COP29 Climate Talks Conclude with $300 Billion Pledge; Developing Nations Decry Deal as ‘Insult’

The 29th UN Climate Conference (COP29) ended in controversy early Sunday as developed...

WAF appoints Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Carlos Magariños to its board

WAF appoints Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Carlos Magariños to its board

The World Agriculture Forum (WAF) announced the appointment of two distinguished...

Hidden Costs in Global Agrifood Systems Amount to 12 Trillion Dollars Annually

Hidden Costs in Global Agrifood Systems Amount to 12 Trillion Dollars Annually

A study by the FAO involving 156 countries confirms that hidden costs within global...

Fueled by Vegetable Oil, FAO Price Index reaches its highest level in 18 months

Fueled by Vegetable Oil, FAO Price Index reaches its highest level in 18 months

The benchmark for world food commodity prices surged to its highest level in 18...

Climate change and environmental issues put one billion children at risk globally: UNICEF

Climate change and environmental issues put one billion children at risk globally: UNICEF

Climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss are putting around 1 billion children...

More than one billion people at high risk from climate change worldwide: World Bank

More than one billion people at high risk from climate change worldwide: World Bank

A World Bank report highlights that 1.2 billion people are at risk from climate...

World Bank to support 4 lakh farmers in Kerala

World Bank to support 4 lakh farmers in Kerala

The World Bank approved a $200 million project to help Kerala farmers adapt to climate...

Indonesia plans to import 1 million tons of rice from India as harvest delays

Indonesia plans to import 1 million tons of rice from India as harvest delays

Indonesia’s 2024 rice production is projected to fall by 2.43% from last year, reaching...

BRICS Grain Exchange: A Potential Game-Changer for Global Trade Amidst Challenges

BRICS Grain Exchange: A Potential Game-Changer for Global Trade Amidst Challenges

The five founding BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa...

Failure to act now may cause a temperature rise of 3.1°C, UN report warns

Failure to act now may cause a temperature rise of 3.1°C, UN report warns

According to the report, the 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years unless nations...

ICRISAT appoints Dr Himanshu Pathak as Director General Designate

ICRISAT appoints Dr Himanshu Pathak as Director General Designate

Dr Pathak’s official tenure as Director General will begin next year, as ICRISAT...

Uttarakhand Minister Dhan Singh Rawat Honors Winners in Four Categories at the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave

At the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and NACOF Awards 2024, individuals and organisations excelling in the field of agriculture...

Rural Dialogue

Uttarakhand to become organic state in two years says, cooperative minister Dhan Singh Rawat

Rawat shared that interest-free loans of Rs 1 to Rs 5 lakh have been provided to 1.2 million farmers in Uttarakhand, and none of these...

Rural Dialogue

Fourth Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave 2024 begins, Experts Discuss ‘Building Institutions for Farmers’

The fourth Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave has commenced. On the occasion of Farmers' Day, the ongoing 'Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave...

Rural Dialogue

Fourth Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave 2024 to be Held Today, Experts to Discuss ‘Building Institutions for Farmers’

This year's theme for the event is ‘Building Institutions for Farmers’. The program will see participation from Uttarakhand's Cabinet...

Rural Dialogue

TAAS Awards 2024: Suresh Prabhu and Soumya Swaminathan Emphasise Farmer-Centric Approach

In his keynote address, Shri Suresh Prabhu emphasized the critical need for innovative and intensive research to ensure food, nutritional,...

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Weather Shocks and Global Supply Issues Push India’s Food Inflation to New Highs in Recent Years: Crisil Report

CRISIL Insight Highlights Need for Long-Term Solutions to Combat Food Price Volatility. Structural Reforms Necessary to Ensure Stability.

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