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Agri-business

Hit by Climate Change, Authorities Seek to Improve Saffron Yields in Kashmir

Saffron farmers, who grow the “king of spices” in fields sprawling across several thousand hectares, mainly in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, have been complaining...

Inter Press Service - 8 February 2024

Agri-business

Framework for Voluntary Carbon Market in Agriculture Sector Launched

An accreditation protocol for agroforestry nurseries was also launched. Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda said that the focus will be on solutions as well...

OWSA Staff - 30 January 2024

Agri-business

Investment Forum for Advancing Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in India Launched

A joint initiative of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and FAO, the initiative aims to develop an investment and partnership strategy...

OWSA Staff - 25 January 2024

Agri-business

Climate Change Is Taking a Major Toll on Agriculture. Here’s How to Support Farmers

Smallholder farmers produce one-third of the world's food, and agriculture makes up every second livelihood in Bangladesh. But the country's agricultural sector has been...

OWSA Contributor - 24 January 2024

Agri-business

World Food Price Index Falls in December

The United Nations Food Agency’s World Price Index ended last year about 10 per cent below its 2022 mark, with values in December also...

OWSA Contributor - 8 January 2024

Agri-business

NCDC to Create 1,100 New FPO: Amit Shah

Against the target of 10,000 FPOs, 7,597 FPOs have been registered so far in 34 States and Union territories according to the Ministry of...

OWSA Contributor - 21 December 2023

Agri-business

Farmers in Bhutan Turn to Asparagus and Strawberries to Boost Incomes

Hand-in-Hand Initiative is an evidence-based, country-owned and led initiative to accelerate agricultural transformation, with the goal of eradicating poverty, ending hunger and malnutrition, and...

Inter Press Service - 28 October 2022

Agri-business

Nutrition Smart Agriculture: Decoding the Myth

Orphan crops – like sorghum, jowar, barley, ragi and sweet potato, cowpea, cassava and moong bean to name a few, are back with a...

OWSA Contributor - 7 October 2022

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