Food Security

What is the Black Sea Grain deal set to expire today? Why's Russia unwilling to extend it?

The Black Sea Grain initiative, a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey between Russia and Ukraine last year that enabled the movement of food grain, will expire today. There is concern that Moscow will pull out of it now. What will be the repercussions?

IMD predicts El Nino for this year: How will it affect monsoon rains in India?

The Indian Meteorological Department predicts normal monsoon rainfall in 2023. However, with a 90 per cent chance of an El Nino weather pattern developing during the June-September monsoon season, less rain is possible

Plant Pandemic is Real: How a disease is threatening wheat, the world’s most important food crop

The next big pandemic could leave billions hungry. According to a study, an unprecedented spread of a fungus is threatening wheat, the most-consumed grain in the world. The blast disease is affecting production in Bangladesh and it could spread to India and China, the biggest exporters of wheat

There’s often a lack of understanding in US and Europe about Indian politics, society and history: Dhruva Jaishankar

Washington shouldn’t expect India to play a direct role in case there’s a Taiwan conflict, says Dhruva Jaishankar

How structural and policy reforms made most populous India better governed than small population West

It is creditable that India, a country with a population of 1.44 billion, is food surplus. It is able to export wheat and rice to those who are suffering because of supply disruptions occasioned by the Ukraine-Russia War

Why private sector investments is important to develop women-led agricultural businesses

Women often perform primary roles on agricultural land in the form of livestock rearing and labour-intensive jobs such as weeding and picking

Coronavirus Outbreak: With a stressed Rabi season, it's imperative to ensure speedy delivery of Zaid, Kharif seeds to farmers

Agriculture is the backbone of our survival and most of our agriculture today depends on quality seeds and the organised seed sector.

India provided food, financial aid of nearly $4 billion to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

India has always played a constructive and significant role in the context of peacebuilding through its extensive development partnership with countries of the Global South says India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj

Pakistan floods threaten food security of Afghanistan, warns UN

United Nations' World Food Programme has procured over 320,000 metric tonnes in the past year to support operations in Afghanistan. The floods in Pakistan are going to put a huge dent in that capability

Former agriculture minister Sharad Pawar bats for genetically modified crops to improve food security

Sharad Pawar, the Union agriculture minister from 2004 to 2014, said that India has lately become complacent and has started neglecting the developments in science, particularly new genetics and breeding