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Farmers in India’s potato belt are heading towards a financial crisis. They had loaded the vegetable in cold storages hoping to get export orders from the CIS countries. But with no business in sight, the glut has pushed down prices by . 2-3 per kg over the last week. Traders and farmers are holding huge [...]
Earth-friendly approach in garden helps environment and with proper care, you won’t need toxic insecticides It’s a radical concept: Just like healthy people, healthy plants are better able to recover from stress and avoid disease. The first time I heard this idea was on an OSU campus bus nearly 25 years ago. Two students were [...]
BANANAS have been dethroned as the king of the family fruit bowl as shoppers embrace cheaper options. They are still on the menu at the zoo, but consumers turned off by unpalatable prices are grabbing pears, grapes and apples instead. Coles data shows pear sales have surged 82 per cent since Cyclone Yasi wiped out [...]
The economic survey highlighted the need for increasing capital investment in agriculture — by both public and private sector — to offset negligible growth and marginal increase in production of many crops. In the last five years, investment in agriculture in the economy has hovered around 2%-3%. It was maximum in 2008-09 when it was [...]
World Bank president Robert Zoellick warned leaders of the top global economies Saturday that the world is reaching a danger point where soaring food prices threaten further political instability. “I mentioned that we are reaching a danger point,” Zoellick said, adding that he had urged G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs meeting here to [...]
Cary Fowler at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in NorwayGlobal Crop Diversity Trust Executive Director Cary Fowler poses with the Svalbard “Doomsday” Seed Vault. Also, is that an ice sculpture of a polar bear?Photo: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust “People think I must be ‘Dr. Doom,’” Cary Fowler told the audience for the University of [...]
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