International
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
A World Bank report highlights that 1.2 billion people are at risk from climate...
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’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
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
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
Dr Pathak’s official tenure as Director General will begin next year, as ICRISAT...
Japan Faces Rice Crisis as It Restricted Production to Maintain High Prices
The Japanese government’s policy of restricting rice production to maintain high...
FAO and IFAD launch 'Global Family Farming Forum' to support sustainable agrifood systems
The joint FAO-IFAD event highlights their contribution in transforming agrifood...
Water crisis puts more than half of the world’s food production at risk by 2050: Report
In a landmark report, The Economics of Water: Valuing the Hydrological Cycle as...
India ranks 105th in Global Hunger Index, trails behind Nepal and Bangladesh
India ranks 105th out of 127 countries in the 2024 Global Hunger Index, indicating...
Russian wheat price at three months high amid drought and supply cuts
Recently the Russian regions of Oryol declared an emergency on extreme drought conditions....
Global Market Sees Across-the-Board Increase in Major Food Commodity Prices in September, Sugar Prices up by 10 Percent
The FAO Sugar Price Index registered the largest increase in September, rising by...
75 percent of farmers are open to innovation to combat climate change, global survey reveals
The Farmer Voice survey, commissioned by Bayer, gathered insights from over 2,000...
Global Rice Production Still Set for Record, Despite USDA Downgrade
Despite a recent downward revision by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), global...
To Boost Agricultural Exports Russia Aims to Expand Arable Land
In an effort to strengthen its position as a global agricultural powerhouse and...
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