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    UP polls: Did Budget 2022 do enough to placate angry North Indian farmers?

    Hopes that the government would pump money into the farm sector were belied by the fiscal conservatism of Budget 2022. When the Narendra Modi government...

    Peasants marginalized by big farmers

    Changing inequalities in farmland ownership and cultivation have reduced the smallholder or peasant share of food production. ‘Land grabs’, new laws and policies have...

    A not just another I-told-you-so thesis

    OWSA reproduces a blog put up by distinguished food and agricultural policy specialist, author and writer, Devinder Sharma, who in turn, brought out a...

    Who feeds the world – small farmer or big business?

    A report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has come in for criticism for suggesting that policymakers should give greater attention to larger...

    More evidence emerges of deadly weedicide in people in France

    The weed-killing agro-chemical, glyphosate, has been found in over 99 per cent of samples collected in a study of 6,848 individuals in France, according...

    COVID-19, food shortage and inflation could bankrupt Sri Lanka

    Food shortage and inflation are causing distress and the government has barely any foreign exchange reserves to import food – especially as agricultural productivity...

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    World Economy Teeters on Recessionary Edge amid Rising Trade Tensions and Financial Uncertainty, UNCTAD Warns

    The report stresses that as the world stares down the possibility of a widespread recession, the urgency for cohesive, multilateral solutions has never been greater.
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    Bangladesh: Commission Pushes Sweeping Legal Reforms to Eliminate Gender Disparities

    The commission called for enforcement of the existing rule mandating 33 per cent women’s representation in political parties under the Representation of the People Order. It also proposed institutional reforms within parties to address corruption and create enabling environments for women.

    UN Trade Body Urges US to Exempt Vulnerable Economies from Tariff Hikes amid Rising Trade Tensions

    Despite their marginal impact, many of these countries could face tariff rates as high as 50 per cent, such as Lesotho, while Cameroon could face 11 per cent.

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    World Economy Teeters on Recessionary Edge amid Rising Trade Tensions and Financial Uncertainty, UNCTAD Warns

    The report stresses that as the world stares down the possibility of a widespread recession, the urgency for cohesive, multilateral solutions has never been greater.

    Bangladesh: Commission Pushes Sweeping Legal Reforms to Eliminate Gender Disparities

    The commission called for enforcement of the existing rule mandating 33 per cent women’s representation in political parties under the Representation of the People Order. It also proposed institutional reforms within parties to address corruption and create enabling environments for women.