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    ADB cuts India’s GDP forecast

    19 Jul 2019

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday revised downwards its outlook for India’s GDP growth for the financial year 2019-20 to 7 per cent from its previous forecast of 7.2 per cent due to shortfall in the previous fiscal.

    India hikes wheat import duty to support local farmers

    27 Apr 2019

    India has raised its import duty on wheat to 40 per cent from 30 per cent, the government said late on Friday, as the world’s No.2 producer of the grain tries to support local farmers

    Egypt buys 2.7mt of local wheat

    02 Jun 2019

    Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer has bought 2.7 million tonnes (mt) of wheat from its farmers so far this season, the state-owned newspaper said. Egypt has said it aims to procure 3.6 million tonnes

    Pest attacks hit Asia’s small farmers, badly affect economy

    23 Jun 2019

    Looking out at his empty, red-earth field, Thai farmer Puang Timdon said his two-week-old maize crop didn’t stand a chance against the fall armyworm pest.

    Weak monsoon to hit India’s economy

    08 Jun 2019

    A weak monsoon season will not only impact agricultural production, but also subdue consumption and consequently slowdown the country’s economic growth.

    Zimbabwe farmers venture into vegetables after no or less rain

    14 May 2019

    Farmer Talita Matutu in Zimbabwe twists open an under-sized maize cob in a field she stopped tending after no rain came for months and most of her crop wilted. “If the rains were normal, I would be harvesting a bigger cob with fat grains,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

    Panic buying, lockdowns may drive world food inflation, warns FAO

    22 Mar 2020

    Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations, a senior economist at FAO and agricultural analysts said.

    Livelihoods impacted by climate change

    03 Dec 2019

    A study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Guwahati has found that farmers are the most sensitive to climate change, followed by drivers and street food

    Australia pledges $68 million more in aid to drought-stricken farmers

    27 Sep 2019

    Australia will set aside an additional A$100 million ($68 million) to support drought-stricken farmers as continued dry weather threatens business for many growers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.

    China farmers, firms feel worry as customers stay at home due to virus outbreak

    05 Feb 2020

    Businesses have been feeling the pinch, with the city ordering restaurants, cinemas and other venues to close until further notice. Banquets and other gatherings have also been prohibited.

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