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India's poorest ration-card holders may see cereal quota tied to family size under new draft law

India, June 25 -- The Union government has proposed replacing the fixed 35kg monthly foodgrain quota for Antyodaya Anna Yojana households with a 7kg per-person entitlement. The draft National Food Se... Read More


India world's number two fish producer, tops inland catches, FAO 2026 report shows

India, June 19 -- India produced 9 per cent of the world's aquatic animals in 2024, making it the second-largest producer globally after China. The country led the world in inland water catches, with... Read More


AI boom masks deepening cracks in global economy, developing nations most exposed

India, May 20 -- UNCTAD warns the apparent strength in global trade is being skewed by a narrow AI hardware boom in the US and China. It is masking stagnation in traditional industries and commodity ... Read More


Cascade of geopolitical shocks has handed agrifood corporations a windfall: Report

India, May 11 -- A new analysis has found that geopolitical turmoil has handed agrifood corporations a windfall, while driving hunger, deforestation, and rural poverty worldwide. Global food corporat... Read More


Every degree of warming erases years of crop productivity gains in India

India, May 8 -- A 51-year analysis of 563 Indian districts showed that just 1degC of warming slashes national average crop yields by about 8%. This erases years of productivity gains. Heat and rainf... Read More


EU-Mercosur trade deal enforced amid farmers' fears of unfair competition

India, May 8 -- EU-Mercosur trade agreement, 25 years in the making, provisionally took effect on May 1, 2026. It created one of the world's largest free trade zones for 700 million consumers. It sl... Read More


More than 266 million people face acute food insecurity, conflict main driver

India, April 27 -- More than 266 million people in 47 countries faced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025. Hunger has nearly doubled in a decade, with famines declared in Gaza and parts of S... Read More


Extreme heat could make farm work unsafe for up to 250 days a year by century's end, FAO and WMO warn

India, April 24 -- Extreme heat could make agricultural work unsafe for up to 250 days a year by the end of the century Farm workers are already 35 times more likely to die from heat exposure than ot... Read More


The new normal: 2025 data reveals a fundamental shift in global drought

India, April 22 -- By the end of 2025, roughly 30 per cent of the global land surface was gripped by drought - a near-tripling from the 10 per cent recorded in the 1990s, a new analysis published this... Read More


'Clock is ticking': FAO warns of dangerous food inflation spike risk amid Strait of Hormuz crisis

India, April 14 -- While global food inflation remained relatively stable in March, based on the monthly movement of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index, pressures are expecte... Read More