Africa food shock
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that more than 60 million people, two thirds of them in east and southern Africa, are facing food shortages because of droughts linked to El Niño.
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Which diet makes best use of farmland? You might be surprised.
A new study published in the journal Elementa suggests food choices that make use of grazing and forage land as well as cropland could feed more people than those that completely eliminate animal-based
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Four-fold increase in area under coffee cultivation
The efforts to promote coffee cultivation in the temperate zone have started yielding the results and the area under the coffee plantation has increased four times from 7.34 hectares in 2014-15 to 30.12
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Steps afoot to shield Bt cotton crop
Scientists of the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) have sounded an alert for the possibility of an attack of pink bollworm on Bt cotton in Haryana this year in view of the detection of the
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In a first, Maharashtra farmer arrested for possession of HTBT cotton
In a first in the country, a farmer was arrested in Maharashtra for being in possession of banned herbicide-tolerant BT (HTBT) cotton seeds. The farmer, Vasant Vinayak Mule, 41, from Umrad village, was
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Punjab farmers shift to manual harvesting
Farming in Punjab is going back to the old days of manual harvesting.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)- Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 in food crises (April-December 2020)
<p>Since late 2019 early 2020, an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus – has rapidly spread across the world, devastating
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Role of integrated weed management strategies in sustaining conservation agriculture systems
Conservation agriculture (CA) is an agricultural management practice in which there is minimum soil disturbance, retention of residue for soil cover and rotation of major crops. In contrast, soil in traditional
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No new taxes: Ahead of polls, Maharashtra budget focuses on farm sector
In a fresh warning that its fiscal outlook is worsening, the state’s Budget for 2019-20 has projected that Maharashtra’s total debt will cross Rs 4.72 lakh crore by March 20, forcing the government to
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Agricultural biotechnology (a lot more than just GM crops)
The booklet explains and compares tools of agri-biotech including conventional breeding, tissue culture and micropropagation, molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection, and genetic engineering.
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Colombia's bananas could be devastated if fungus arrives
Banana harvests in Colombia, the world's fourth-largest exporter, and other Latin American producers could be crippled by the potential arrival of a fungus which withers the crop, a top agricultural official
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Monsoon’s tardy progress raises concerns over Kharif crop
With 87% of the country’s geographical area falling under deficient/large deficient category as on Monday — as against 82% on June 11 — and private forecaster Skymet saying it will now be difficult to
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Despite ban, HTBT cotton widely cultivated in Maharashtra
More and more farmers in Maharashtra are openly planting herbicide-tolerant (HT) cotton seeds, despite it being illegal and entails criminal punishment with a heavy fine. Videos of farmers planting HTBT
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Effect of biochar and liming on soil nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate maize cropping system
<p>Biochar, a carbon-rich, porous pyrolysis product of organic residues may positively affect plant yield and can, owing to its inherent stability, promote soil carbon sequestration when amended to agricultural
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Price rise of essential commodities – causes & effects: Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (2020-2021)
A Parliament Standing Committee, comprising MPs of parties that have been vehemently opposing the three new farm laws, has asked for implementation of Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 — one
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Dispelling falsehoods about GM crops
What India can learn from the Philippines, which set up a Biotech Program Office in 2000 to promote the responsible use of agri-biotechnology to sustain food security. With Prakash Javadekar taking charge
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Telangana farmers start soil health cards
Distribution of soil health cards among farmers in Telangana began on Tuesday under a combination of government and corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. The initiative is expected to make
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Farmers oppose land acquisition for high-tension transmission project
Farmers from villages of Kayar and Vembedu went on a fast against the acquisition of fertile agricultural lands by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) for installing overhead
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Can we feed the world without cutting forests? It can be done, says U.N.
Agriculture is the biggest driver of deforestation globally fueled by a growing demand for food, yet it is possible to feed the world without cutting forests, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
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Oman ranks second in GCC for food security
Muscat: Oman has been ranked second in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for food security, availability and quality on Global Food Security Index 2016. According to the report, which was published