International

ICRISAT and CIMMYT Launch New Initiative for Climate-Resilient Crops in India and Africa

ICRISAT and CIMMYT Launch New Initiative for Climate-Resilient Crops in India and Africa

ICRISAT and CIMMYT, backed by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, have launched a five-year...

West Asia Crisis Pushes India’s DAP Import Cost 30% Higher; Fertilizer Subsidy Burden Set to Rise

West Asia Crisis Pushes India’s DAP Import Cost 30% Higher; Fertilizer Subsidy Burden Set to Rise

India has secured 1.5 million tons of costly DAP imports for the kharif season as...

FAO Flags Food Safety Risks in Rising Use of Recycled Plastics for Food Packaging

FAO Flags Food Safety Risks in Rising Use of Recycled Plastics for Food Packaging

A new FAO report has warned that the growing use of recycled plastics in food packaging,...

Global Food Prices Rise for Third Straight Month as Energy Costs, Hormuz Crisis Disrupt Markets: FAO

Global Food Prices Rise for Third Straight Month as Energy Costs, Hormuz Crisis Disrupt Markets: FAO

Global food commodity prices rose for the third consecutive month in April, driven...

US Court Rejects 10% Global Import Tariffs Imposed By Trump, Blow Pushes US Back Toward WTO MFN Tariffs

US Court Rejects 10% Global Import Tariffs Imposed By Trump, Blow Pushes US Back Toward WTO MFN Tariffs

A U.S. trade court has invalidated President Trump’s 10% global import tariffs imposed...

Strait of Hormuz crisis: Fertilizer scarcity will affect next harvests and food supplies, FAO warns

Strait of Hormuz crisis: Fertilizer scarcity will affect next harvests and food supplies, FAO warns

FAO has warned that fertilizer shortages caused by disruptions in the Strait of...

Fearing Price Drops, US Farmers Shun Data Sharing with U.S. Department of Agriculture

Fearing Price Drops, US Farmers Shun Data Sharing with U.S. Department of Agriculture

American farmers are increasingly refusing to share data with the USDA due to mistrust,...

Amid Hormuz Stalemate Brent Crude Surges Past $111; Demand Destruction Fears Rise

Amid Hormuz Stalemate Brent Crude Surges Past $111; Demand Destruction Fears Rise

Global oil markets remain under pressure as Brent crude crossed $111 per barrel...

WMO Signals Likely Return of El Niño by May-July 2026, Warns of Widespread Heat and Shifting Rainfall Patterns

WMO Signals Likely Return of El Niño by May-July 2026, Warns of Widespread Heat and Shifting Rainfall Patterns

WMO forecasts a likely return of El Niño by May-July 2026, with rising Pacific temperatures...

Global Grain Production in 2026-27 Projected to Slip By 2% Due to Soaring Fertilizer Costs

Global Grain Production in 2026-27 Projected to Slip By 2% Due to Soaring Fertilizer Costs

The International Grains Council (IGC) and USDA report a record-breaking 2025-26...

Iran War Drives Surge in Palm Oil Exports, Raises Global Supply Concerns

Iran War Drives Surge in Palm Oil Exports, Raises Global Supply Concerns

The Iran war has triggered a surge in global demand for palm oil, pushing exports...

Amazon Partners With Bayer-Backed Good Rice Alliance to Purchase Carbon Credits From Indian Rice Farmers

Amazon Partners With Bayer-Backed Good Rice Alliance to Purchase Carbon Credits From Indian Rice Farmers

Amazon to offtake methane-reducing carbon credits generated by smallholder rice...

Global Dairy Surplus Pushes USDA to Allocate New Funds to Boost Exports

Global Dairy Surplus Pushes USDA to Allocate New Funds to Boost Exports

Rising milk production in countries like the UK and Russia has created a global...

Extreme Heat Hits Indian Farms Hard as Global Report Warns of Rising Risks to Food Systems

Extreme Heat Hits Indian Farms Hard as Global Report Warns of Rising Risks to Food Systems

India’s agriculture has already faced severe losses due to extreme heat, with wheat...

FAO Alerts Asia and Pacific to Enhance Preparedness for Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT1 Serotype

FAO Alerts Asia and Pacific to Enhance Preparedness for Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT1 Serotype

FAO calls on countries and territories in Asia and the Pacific to enhance vigilance...

Hormuz Strait Reopens After Ceasefire Signals; Oil Prices Tumble Amid Hopes of Iran War De-escalation

Hormuz Strait Reopens After Ceasefire Signals; Oil Prices Tumble Amid Hopes of Iran War De-escalation

Iran’s move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid a Lebanon ceasefire has eased global...

UP Farmers to Get Loans at 6% Interest Under Krishak Samriddhi Yojana, Announces CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that small and marginal farmers will get long-term loans at an effective interest...

States

177 Talukas in Karnataka Drought-Hit, Could Reach 200; Maharashtra May Face 100% Drought by September-End

Drought conditions are intensifying across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, with Karnataka set to raise drought-hit taluks...

National

Public Sector, Regional Rural Banks to Remain Open on Sunday, September 27 Ahead of Proposed Strike

Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks will remain open on Sunday, September 27, ahead of the proposed three-day nationwide...

National

More than 451,000 Heat Deaths Projected from Super El Niño; India Fourth Among Countries Worst Hit

The Climate Impact Lab projects more than 451,000 additional heat-related deaths globally over the next six months due to Super El...

International

Maharashtra Sets up Cabinet Panel to Fast-Track Drought Relief, Preliminary Notification Expected by Saturday

Maharashtra has formed a cabinet sub-committee headed by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule to oversee drought relief, assess...

States

As Sugar Prices Fall, Industry Denies Excessive Profits From Brief Price Peak

Retail sugar prices have fallen 11-12% ahead of the festive season, prompting ISMA and NFCSF to deny that mills made excessive profits...

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