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    Inclusion

    Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups Need Special Attention

    Civil society organisations play a critical role in monitoring the actions of the authorities, and hence, local NGOs, societies, and so on must be...
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    Agri-business

    Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?

    It is evident that the effects of the project are not uniformly distributed, as certain villages experience benefits while others continue to grapple with...
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    Livestock

    Poultry Industry Leaders Unite Over Industry Principles to Reduce the Need to Use Antimicrobials

    Collectively, these organizations reach over 100 countries and represent over 40 per cent of global poultry meat production spanning all sectors of poultry production...
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    Agri-business

    Exploration of Women Farmer Collectives: Gender Dynamics and Socioeconomic Realities

    In the quest to fathom the lives of women farmers, a profound metamorphosis surfaces, characterized by a significant paradigm shift towards agency and spatial...
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    Finance and Economy

    Two Challenges Before Microfinance

    The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any significant change in the lives...
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    Agroforestry

    Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu

    President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely free from the colonial mentality...
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    Agriculture policy

    Five Pathways to Transform Food Systems in Asia and the Pacific

    Asia faces unprecedented food security challenges due to soaring rice prices, climate-induced disasters, and ecosystem degradation. Strategic action is needed to transform food systems...
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    Food Security

    Conflict’s Long Shadow Has a Name: It’s Hunger

    Hunger can be both a trigger and a consequence of conflict; limited resources can drive disputes for food and the means to produce it,...
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    IMF Slashes Bangladesh Growth Forecast to 3.2%, Warns of Inflation Climbing to 10.9%

    The World Bank currently projects a modest recovery to 3.9 per cent in FY2027-28 if reforms gather momentum.
    Accountability

    Afghanistan: US Report Flags Persistent Child Soldier Recruitment and Trafficking Abuses in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

    The Tier 3 ranking places Afghanistan among a small group of countries where governments or de facto authorities demonstrate a policy or pattern of trafficking or related exploitation, including the recruitment of child soldiers.
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    The Commission stresses that these threats are not distant or abstract. Some already impose heavy burdens; others carry low-probability but catastrophic potential.

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    Bangladesh

    IMF Slashes Bangladesh Growth Forecast to 3.2%, Warns of Inflation Climbing to 10.9%

    The World Bank currently projects a modest recovery to 3.9 per cent in FY2027-28 if reforms gather momentum.
    Accountability

    Afghanistan: US Report Flags Persistent Child Soldier Recruitment and Trafficking Abuses in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

    The Tier 3 ranking places Afghanistan among a small group of countries where governments or de facto authorities demonstrate a policy or pattern of trafficking or related exploitation, including the recruitment of child soldiers.
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