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Global Report on Food Crises is a wake-up call

Global Report on Food Crises is a wake-up call

Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries...

Asia remains most disaster-prone region in the world in 2023: WMO

Asia remains most disaster-prone region in the world in 2023: WMO

The latest report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) shows Asia as the...

Bold steps needed to jack up SDG funding, reform global financial system: UN Report

Bold steps needed to jack up SDG funding, reform global financial system: UN Report

The 'Financing for Sustainable Development Report, 2024,’ says the global community...

Fifth consecutive time: India invokes peace clause for rice in WTO

Fifth consecutive time: India invokes peace clause for rice in WTO

India has once again invoked the Peace Clause of the World Trade Organization (WTO)...

FAO Food Price Index rises in March, the first in seven months

FAO Food Price Index rises in March, the first in seven months

After seven months of decline, FAO Food Price Index ticks up in March, mostly driven...

With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste: UN Report

With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste: UN Report

The UN Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report 2024 highlights that the...

New La Trobe University VC strengthens ties during India visit

New La Trobe University VC strengthens ties during India visit

Professor Theo Farrell, who began as Vice-Chancellor in February this year, has...

Climate change indicators hit record levels in 2023: Global Climate Report

Climate change indicators hit record levels in 2023: Global Climate Report

The WMO report confirmed that 2023 was the warmest year on record, with the global...

Watershed moment as India inks pact with European Free Trade Association

Watershed moment as India inks pact with European Free Trade Association

India signed the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) with the European...

FAO Food Price Index declines further in February but sugar prices go up

FAO Food Price Index declines further in February but sugar prices go up

The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined for the seventh consecutive...

Nod to export 50,000 tonnes onion to  Bangladesh, 30,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Tanzania

Nod to export 50,000 tonnes onion to Bangladesh, 30,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Tanzania

Amidst the ongoing restrictions on export of onion and non-Basmati rice, the Central...

Why peasant movements in Europe, what are the similarities with India?

Why peasant movements in Europe, what are the similarities with India?

Falling prices of farm produce, rising costs of inputs, heavy-handed regulation,...

UN-ESCAP report:  India does well on 85 indicators of SDG target

UN-ESCAP report: India does well on 85 indicators of SDG target

India’s performance on 85 of Sustainable Development Goal parameters has improved,...

FAO projects record 2023-24 cereal output at 2.836 bn ton

FAO projects record 2023-24 cereal output at 2.836 bn ton

Global coarse grains and overall cereal production in 2023-24 are projected to reach...

UNCTAD sounds alarm over unprecedented disruptions to Global Trade

UNCTAD sounds alarm over unprecedented disruptions to Global Trade

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has sounded the alarm...

Making aviation fuel from corn ethanol is not beneficial, will lead to more carbon emissions

Making aviation fuel from corn ethanol is not beneficial, will lead to more carbon emissions

The US aviation industry has set a target of net zero carbon emissions through sustainable...

From Zira to Tibbi: How Water Scarcity and Pollution in Punjab Shaped Rajasthan’s Ethanol Agitation

The farmers’ protest against a proposed ethanol plant in Rajasthan’s Tibbi region draws inspiration from Punjab’s Zira movement, where...

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COCERAL Forecasts Lower EU Grain Harvest in 2026; Wheat Output Seen Declining, Corn Production Set to Recover

COCERAL’s first forecast for the 2026 season projects a decline in EU-27 plus UK grain production to 296.7 million tonnes, down from...

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CoBank Signals Commodity Prices May Have Bottomed Out

CoBank’s outlook suggests agricultural commodity prices may have passed their cyclical lows despite ample global grain and oilseed...

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US Unveils Major Farm Relief Package to Support Crop and Dairy Producers Amid Market Stress

The US government has announced a major farm relief initiative, including $12 billion in bridge payments for crop producers and a...

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Cabinet approves Minimum Support Price for Copra for 2026 season

The Union Cabinet has approved the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for copra for the 2026 season, setting it at ₹12,027 per quintal for...

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Tractor Sales, Production Cross One Million in 11 Months, What’s Fueling the Booming Tractor Market?

India’s tractor industry crossed the one-million-unit mark in production and sales within just 11 months of 2025, a first in the country’s...

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