Africa agriculture trade monitor 2023
The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, a flagship publication of AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute, provides an overview of trade in agriculture in Africa, including
The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, a flagship publication of AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute, provides an overview of trade in agriculture in Africa, including
As the monsoon plays truant, the tragic face of our agrarian distress, suicide by farmers, is likely to manifest again in several parts of the country. A state like Maharashtra, where large acreages of
Sirsa: Cotton crop in the north belt of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan is under serious threat from an enemy that has re-emerged after a break of one year. After a brief respite to farmers for an year,
Gandhinagar The state government on Wednesday announced its new Textile Industry Promotion Policy, 2012, which offers a slew of incentives for cotton growers as well as textile mills in the state. “The objective of the new policy is to safeguard the interests of cotton farmers, better price realisation in national and international markets and value addition in the entire chain. It is also to protect the cotton-growers of Gujarat from the present Congress-ruled UPA government’s anti-farmer and anti-export policies, Minister of State (MOS) for Industry and Mines and state government Spokesperson Saurabh Patel said while announcing the policy.
Among the four largest cotton-producing countries, only Pakistan had not commercially adopted Bt cotton by 2010. However, the cultivation of first-generation (Cry1Ac) Bt cotton, unapproved and unregulated,
Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy which plays the most decisive role in the socioeconomic development of the country. Indian agriculture is a miscellaneous and extensive sector involving
Almost eight months after a probe was instituted into the use of Monsanto Bt gene in desi Bt cotton variety, passing it off as an original event, there is no word yet on when the report is likely to be
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has banned the sale and distribution of the genetically modified Bt cotton seeds of Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco), a partner of US multinational Monsanto,
MUMBAI: Admitting for the first time that genetically modified (GM)cotton may havehad an adverse impact on the state's farming community, the Maharashtra government has ordered a socio-economic study of
The Indian cotton market is at peace. Three months of respite from government meddling has allowed the business to stagger back on its feet. And everyone is making money – farmers, ginners, traders and
Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have refused to accept further cut on water release by the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), saying that crop must be saved first. “Partnering States (Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan) have not agreed to take further cut on water,” an official of BBMB said here. A 10 per cent cut on water release is already in place on partnering States with effect from July 17 onwards. The cut was announced in the wake of deficient rain by the BBMB.