Food prices increase in Afghanistan amid conflict

A recent report said that 27.5 per cent of Afghanis are food insecure

Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Will MSP promises make a difference?

Madhya Pradesh government at present is buying 36% of wheat produce, 19% of paddy from farmers

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Farming made unprofitable

As told to Parliament (July 22, 2022): UP had most number of cancer cases in 2020

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Govt hikes Rabi crops’ MSP minimally

Increase in MSP of wheat is the lowest in the last six years

Weighty task

It is not easy to measure nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, emitted from Indian farms

Centre eases quarantine norms for wheat imports

Indian farmers get short shrift as country imports wheat

Indian farmers get short shrift as country imports wheat

Brief

Direct cash transfer smooth in Punjab, but is it a hit with farmers

State pays out 83% of wheat MSP due for rabi season in a month

El Niño casts shadow on crop prospects; Food Price Index falls

Reduced crop production has severely affected food security in southern Africa

Cities are good

Angel argues slowing down urbanisation will hurt the poor the most

Diminishing returns

Wheat price war

Central ministries disagree on minimum support price for wheat

Budget 2008: missing the big picture

Global Eco Watch: Siberian primrose could become extinct due to global warming

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Climate change impact on agriculture leads to 1.5 per cent loss in India’s GDP

By 2030, rice and wheat are likely to see about 6-10 per cent decrease in yields

The laboratory of development

India bans export of non-basmati rice

Pricing food in poor India

India downplays scare over stem rust threat to wheat crops from Uganda

Agriculture Don't fix is the government's fix

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