Wheat and woes: Pakistan’s food security crisis is brewing
By Raja Muneeb In the wheat fields of Punjab and the bazaars of Karachi, a crisis is unfolding, one that
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Month: April 2025
12 new high-yielding varieties of wheat released
By Parveen Arora In a major boost to India’s agricultural sector, 12 high-yielding and climate-resilient wheat varieties have been released
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Sowing of oilseeds gets a summer boost
By Sandip Das To boost oilseeds output, ten states, including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam and Bihar have
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Haridwar DM ordered immediate closure of illegal flour mill
By Pankul Sharma The Uttarakhand high court, while hearing a PIL demanding the closure of an unlawfully operated flour mill
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‘Wheat procurement in U.P. crosses 1 lakh MT in first week of April for first time’
Wheat procurement in Uttar Pradesh crossed one lakh metric tonnes in the first week of April for the first time,
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Hailstorm hits Russia’s third-largest wheat producing region
By Olga Popova and Gleb Bryanski A strong hailstorm hit Russia’s third-largest wheat-producing region of Stavropol, damaging grain crops, a local governor said
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Rice crisis: Japan releases strategic reserves to ease prices of nation’s most important food
By Chris Lau, Junko Ogura, Mai Takiguchi and Minori Konishi, CNN It’s eaten with almost every meal, used to make sushi, made into sweets, fermented
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Telangana’s paddy farmers struggle as prices dip amid brisk harvest operations
By D Chandrabhaskara Rao The price of Rabi paddy in Telangana has taken a sharp downturn, leaving farmers distressed during
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Amid groundwater crisis, Punjab bans water-guzzling Pusa-44 paddy variety
By Mohit Khanna The state Agriculture Department has issued instructions to strictly implement the prohibition on the sale of Pusa-44,
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Karnataka’s rice yield plummets over the past decade, raises concerns
By Chamaraj Savadi The recent report from the department of agriculture reveals a troubling trend of decreasing paddy yields in
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