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With rising population and declining arable land, China may be staring at a major food crisisSince 1949, China lost one fifth of its arable land to urbanisation and industrialisation and currently only about 10 to 15 per cent of the...- Good progress of monsoon in August raises hopes of bumper kharif harvestAccording to the data compiled and updated till August 7 by the agriculture ministry, the area sown under rice increased 17% year-on-year w...
- Stocks in the news: Maruti, IRB Infra, Vodafone Idea, Tata Consumer, ABB Power and Tata MotorsIRB Infra has received an award letter from NHAI for executing a stretch of Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway at a cost of Rs 1,755 crore.
- Good monsoon to help tractor sales bounce back after lockdown: CrisilRating agency Crisil expects a well-distributed and normal monsoon to limit the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on tractor sales volume thi...
- Govt may set up expert panel to evaluate industry voice before decision on banning pesticidesIndustry has strongly objected to the proposed ban of chemicals, which includes popular pesticides like monocrotophos, acephate, carbofuran...
- From Colston buns to abundant cod, deconstructing the complex relationship between slavery and the food we eatProtesters today rightly want Western countries to reckon with their legacy of slavery, but its links with food show how complex this can b...
- Agri sector likely to remain resilient from COVID-19 impact; to grow 2.5% in FY21: CrisilWith the pandemic and the ensuing lockdown, demand for horticultural produce is likely to be impacted more than that of food grains. Food g...
- Crop insurers may not get swarmed with locust claimsHit would be minimal if infestation is controlled before monsoon as rabi harvest’s done.
- Brace for more extreme weather events: ExpertsIndia should brace for more extreme weather events as the adverse impact of global warming is increasing, as seen by the recent cyclone, wh...
- Rabi crops not impacted by locusts; efforts on to prevent spread before monsoon to save kharif cropsLocusts -- the oldest migratory pest in the world -- entered India after travelling from Africa through Yemen, Iran and Pakistan. After mas...
- Stocks in the news: RIL, Bharti Airtel, HDFC, Avenue Supermarts, ITC and YES BankHDFC reported a 21.97 per cent year-on-year (YoY) fall in net profit at Rs 2,233 crore for the March quarter.
- Locusts from Pakistan threaten standing crops on 2 lakh hectareLocust swarms from Pakistan have entered Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh threatening major damage to standing cotton crops an...
- 'Our children will starve’, say Pakistan farmers as locusts breed“This is the worst locust attack we have seen since 1993,” said Falak Naz, director general of crop protection at Pakistan’s Ministry of Fo...
- Kharif crop production this year to be higher than last year's 141.71 mn tonnes: Parshottam RupalaThe minister said kharif crops were affected in some states because of floods but it would not have much impact on the overall production.
- The missing phenomenon of locust attacksWhether in real life news or films it seems that earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, blizzards, epidemics and nearly ever...
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