Why an aggressive policy to control population makes no senseThe fertility rate of Hindu women fell from 2.6 in the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) in 2005-06 to 2.1 in the more recent NFHS in 20...
- Zen Worry of the Day: Population Collapse
His response: the shrinking number of humans is, indeed, a worry. So, how sleepless should our nights be worrying about something that old ...
View: India and the elusive demographic dividendAs this ‘pandemic generation’ joins the workforce in an economy that is failing to provide adequate employment opportunities to its current...
The Borlaug legacy: The common link between farmers’ protests in Punjab and stubble burningNorman Borlaug’s battle against world hunger, which won him the Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago, was fuelled at least in part by his own exp...
View: Global population could peak sooner than we thinkIn most of the world's large countries, fertility rates have fallen below replacement levels in recent years.
Farm reforms will dispel fears of global food inflationWhen Unilever's global CEO Paul Polman says that the era of cheap food is over, he seems to be making sense.
Fortify nutrient-based subsidyThe new way of delivering subsidy, meant to ensure more balanced use of fertilisers, is not working.
Why food prices could tumble soonSteadily rising food prices have a built-in corrective: China would go beyond hiking reserve requirements to hike interest rates, slowing d...
- Industrious revolution and Indian agriculture
Indian agricultural policy over the last few decades has shifted focus away from productivity, trade and markets to subsidising low product...
- How the world can feed its hungry billions
A slew of policy measures is needed if India has to step up its agricultural production. Water is the most important necessity for farmers....
- Global import barriers fall
The surge in world food prices is accomplishing what seven years of trade talks haven’t: knocking down import barriers