Maharashtra onion crisis: Farmers bearing the brunt of low demand, poor export

Produce rates may remain low until export-worthy summer harvest arrives in the market

Extreme weather events, Russia-Ukriane war escalating onion prices globally

Countries banning exports to stabilise prices; posing threat to food security and nutrition

No traders, onion farmers in Maharashtra to directly sell produce in markets

After years of losses, farmers angry at government interventions to drop prices after the allium saw 20% hike compared with last year

Tourism industry faced losses worth $2.6 trillion in 2020-2022

While tourism has rebounded, both tourist numbers and export revenues in 2022 remained 34% below 2019 levels

Here's how government is encouraging illegal trade in red sanders

A contradictory policy towards export of red sanders is fuelling illegality and hurting farmers

Record decline in wheat procurement: Will we have enough on the plate?

The heat in March-April and the export of Indian wheat means the country will be left with fewer stocks to feed itself

Doha endgame at Nairobi

WTO has buried the development mandate of the Doha round, with India failing to pull its weight at the ministerial meeting

Polyester recycling: Sector largely informal; home furnishing makers in Panipat, Delhi found flouting norms

Downcycled products made at Panipat factories cannot be recycled again; are sent to landfills or burned at the end of their life-cycle

Camel dairying: The solution to rescuing Rajasthan’s state animal

If demand for camel milk rises, more livelihoods could be supported and more camel herds saved

Why Rajasthan's camel protection law is not enough to save its camels

Since the law does nothing to provide for the welfare of camels and their breeders, the government must take over from the Raika their …

Fukushima rice passes radiation tests for first time since disaster

The earthquake that hit Japan nearly four years ago had forced the country to stop export of fish and other produce from the area near Fukushima …

Sri Lanka is not anybody’s dumping ground

In a major win, the country's Court of Appeals recently ordered the repatriation of hazardous waste imported from the UK

Economic Survey 2022-23: Agri growth rate falls but sector still resilient amid pandemic shock

The contribution of the livestock sector to agriculture gross value added also increased, shows report

What’s driving food prices in new normal climate?

Monsoon as a unitary weather phenomenon is no more a valid indicator for food prices as its progress and distribution have changed completely

India looking at record edible oil imports; August 2023 demand 35% higher than last year

Poor rainfall, along with a sharp drop in domestic prices in August, has boosted demand for edible oil

Dispensing with dear drugs

New US law to clear the decks for generic drugs (Read full article)

Unfair fields: Asymmetric WTO rules let US inflate cotton subsidies must be reformed

Cottton farmers in India and other Global South countries, like the Afican C-4 of benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, at peril …

India has a failed salvation policy on the not-so-holy buffalo

India’s only scheme to leverage the expanding buffalo meat exports has been in doldrums. To make it work, the government must first get rid …

Land grab fallout

Scramble to buy land in foreign countries to grow more food leaves more people hungry

National Green Hydrogen Mission will establish India as global market leader: Experts

Target of 60-100 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyser capacity by 2030, heavy investment needed

Indian laws adequate for ensuring biosafety, says MoEF special secretary

But they do not provide for liability and redress if damage occurs due t release of GMOs by biotech giants, point out civil society groups

Parliament panel deliberates plea to ban meat exports

Petition to Parliament panel draws attention to severe cattle depletion in the country affecting agricultural economy; public comments invited

Ways to ensure remunerative prices to farmers

Several states have different levels of capabilities. Some states like Haryana and Punjab are historically in a better position to procure, while …

Breakthrough in search for new malaria cure

Scientists find a way to block malaria parasite from making itself at home inside host blood cells; research opens up possibilities of new …

Oriental Nicety denied entry into India

Supreme Court cites Basel Convention on trans-boundary movement of hazardous waste to stop toxic-laden ship, infamous for the Alaska oil spill of 1989