Lockdown, Day 78: Bright spots amid gloomS&P has retained India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-' with a stable outlook while Fitch forecast show the Indian economy will bounce back wit...
G-20 summit could adopt joint action plan to fight Covid-19The leaders are expected to chalk out a joint action plan to handle the economic fallout of the pandemic. The idea of a virtual G-20 summit...
India to become largest milk producer in 2026: ReportIndia's population will grow from 1.3 billion to 1.5 billion, an increase of almost 150 million, to become the most populous country in the...
70% of Indians eat non-vegetarian food, but vegetarian diet getting popularExperts said increasing health awareness, coupled with rising burden of lifestyle diseases like heart disorders, may be influencing the Ind...
UN: Foodgrain prices will see steady decline in next 10 yearsIndia expected to be one of the biggest beneficiaries in terms of cotton export will not be able to make dent in India's share due to risin...
Global prices of agri-items may fall in next 10 years: FAOGlobal prices of agricultural items are expected to decline gradually over the next 10 years as growth in production is likely to exceed de...
'Asia's milk demand will increase to 320 million tonnes in 6 years'According to recent OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook, the demand for milk and its products in the region will reach almost 320 MT by 2021.
India set to be world's largest cotton producer by 2022India is projected to replace China as the world's largest cotton producer by 2022 on account of higher growth in output over the next deca...
Global farm growth to slow down over next 10 years: OECD/FAOGrowth in global agricultural production will slow down to about 1.5 % annually over the next 10 years and could lead to rise in prices
- World food prices likely to remain high over the next decade
Global food commodity prices are expected to remain high over the next decade on account of declining agricultural production.
- India to West: Want food security? Give us technology
India will leverage the global concerns over food security to seek technological assistance from the developed world to raise farm producti...
- Global food prices to stay high this decade
World commodity prices are expected to drop in the current year on good harvests but are likely to continue their relentless push higher th...
- Commodities tumble on recession fears
As the dark clouds of an economic slowdown gather over the world, prices of most primary commodities are sliding worldwide.
- IAEA conducts nuclear accident response exercise in Mexico
The UN's atomic watchdog said that it would conduct a major exercise to test the response to a simulated accident at a nuclear power plant ...
- Biofuels to drive up food prices: study
Rising demand for biofuels would cause an increase in global prices of many farm products.
- Developing nations to be dependent on world mkts: UN
Despite farm production expanding faster in developing countries than in developed economies, the poorest nations will be increasingly depe...
- 'Third World demand to fuel global farm trade'
World agricultural production will expand slowly but steadily over the next decade, fuelled by rising Third World consumption and imports w...