Top news of the week: 28.09.2023.
Technology can draw youth to work in agriculture: BRIN
The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) assessed that the increasingly widespread application of technology can attract the youth to work in the ...
Using satellite data to enhance global food security
Accurate estimates and forecasts of crop area and yield play an important role in guiding policy decisions related to food security, especially in light of the growing impacts of climate ...
Livestock farmers from Sweden to Greece test paths to greener agriculture
Livestock farmers in Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK are trying a new method to produce milk and meat: feeding their cows mainly or only grass.
Climate-Saving Super-Plants Could Absorb Massive Amounts of Carbon
"I truly believe that we can still limit global warming," Wolfgang Busch, a plant biologist working on the "Harnessing Plants Initiative," told Newsweek
Nabard raises ₹1,040 crore via social bonds
Nabard issued India's first 'AAA' rated Social Bonds worth Rs 1,040.50 crore at 7.63% coupon rate. The bonds, redeemable, taxable, non-convertible, unsecured, are listed on BSE and will ...
Weekend reading: Food Security Handbook
Martin Caraher, John Coveney, Mickey Chopra, editors. Handbook of Food Security and Society. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. I did a blurb for the back cover: This Handbook argues ...
Eleven scholars named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows
The scholars span academic fields and will contribute to the University’s excellence and its diversity, broadly defined.
India, 79 others seek support for WTO food security deal
The alliance of G33, African Group and the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) group at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has proposed a new method to calculate subsidies given to ...