The minuscule system of pricing

First, a farmer must sell the produce at a price wrongly discounted by unscientific calculation. Second, an unholy nexus of many players pushes …

Onion price crash, farmers’ distress fail to move governments

While farmers are in distress due to crash in onion, tomato and potato prices, government paints a rosy picture

FAO Food Price Index sees biggest monthly jump in four years

The FAO Cereal Price Index rose 2.9 per cent and is now 3.9 per cent below its level of June 2015

Demonetisation 2.0: cash crunch hits farmers, again

More than creating financial crunch for upcoming sowing season, cash crunch is impacting the prices at which farmers are selling their produce

Maharashtra unseasonal rains likely to damage onions, wheat, grapes

Along with a drop in price, the conditions will bolster pest attacks, farmers say

Point of no agri-returns Part 2: Every year, farmers lose Rs 63,000 crore for not being able to sell their produce

That explains why agrarian riots have increased by over 600 per cent in the last three years

Economic Survey pegs real GDP growth at 6.75-7.5 per cent for 2017-18

The survey said that India’s exports are recovering, buoyed by increased global economic activity

How will the drought in India affect food prices worldwide?

Cristina Coslet is Country Monitor, Far East Asia at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Pulse paradox

A record production of pulses is in the offing. But neither farmers nor consumers stand to benefit because the government is withdrawing …

Only allocated rice in rations, people sell it to buy expensive wheat

Wheat prices have shot up in the market following a reduced production this year 

Food price inflation rate in rural India has doubled in a year

Food price rise has been fuelling overall inflation in India in recent months  

Will India’s new agricultural export policy work?

Food grain buffers exceed need, global prices remain depressed

Be prepared for spike in food prices, if distribution of monsoon remains uneven this year

Spatial distribution of rainfall is one of the factors ensuring healthy agriculutral production that keeps food inflation under control

Inflation in basic commodities higher in rural areas than urban: Consumer Price Index

Among states, West Bengal had the highest inflation at 10.29%

El Niño casts shadow on crop prospects; Food Price Index falls

Reduced crop production has severely affected food security in southern Africa

Temperature rise in India’s northern plains unlikely to impact wheat: Centre

With February being abnormally warm, farmers have been worried about a repetition of last year’s impact of heat on the staple crop

For 17 years, govt investment in agriculture dips across the world

In contrast to popular belief, agriculture’s share in global economy has been increasing

Budget 2018: Can Centre allay farmers’ concerns over price crash, low market density?  

The average agricultural growth has reached its lowest in the last four years to 1.9 per cent

IPES report highlights global hunger crisis amid high debt

World’s poorest countries saw the costs of servicing their debt increase by 35 per cent in 2022

El Nino fallout: food prices to shoot northward

The weather phenomenon will bring down production, increase food prices worldwide

Maharashtra onion crisis: Farmers bearing the brunt of low demand, poor export

Produce rates may remain low until export-worthy summer harvest arrives in the market

Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many

Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …