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Agriculture

Food Security

Dalit Migrant Labour Depends on a System that Perpetuates Poverty

To meet the Nuākhāi festival expenses, most of the poor and underprivileged families take loans at higher interest rates from local money lenders and...

OWSA Contributor - 8 February 2024

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

Clean tech

Road to COP29: Highest Climate Ambitions Needed to Decarbonize World

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require a 43 percent decline in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, per estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Inter Press Service - 6 February 2024

Early childhood development

Sri Lanka Launches Fortified Rice Lunch Programme to Address Malnutrition Among School Children

The Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, the Ministry of Education, the World Food Programme, the National Food Promotion Board and the Bill &...

OWSA Contributor - 5 February 2024

Bio-diversity

Tribal Communities Pay at the Intersections of FRA and PESA

The failure of the Forest Rights Act's implementation, compounded by conflicts with other legislations like PESA, underscores the need for a comprehensive and coordinated...

OWSA Contributor - 2 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

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