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चीनच्या दृष्टीने युरोपीय गटाचे राजकारण यावेळी इंडो-पॅसिफिकपर्यंत विस्तारू शकणार आहे.

Biological weapons can come from naturally occurring microbes and viruses; but innovations in genomic editing are opening up new, potentially more threatening avenues for their development. These innovations can cause or spread disease or resist known therapeutic approaches. Addressing such threats of biowarfare requires obtaining reliable and informative taxonomies for the pathogens and timely and effective responses. This, in turn, calls for co

Sectors such as oil and gas, non-renewable energy, natural resources, agriculture, etc. hold tremendous potential for cooperation between India's North-East and the BCIM region. There was a need to ensure seamless movement of goods, services and people across borders to promote trade.

Agriculture is one area in which the US wants a level-playing field. As the world is recovering from the financial crisis, new rules are being set for the benefit of those who have not done well. India and China have to watch out against the neo-protectionist policies of the West.

The Finance Minister has addressed the various deficiencies in agricultural production which are responsible for high food inflation. But the actual measures announced are not enough to shake up agriculture and as Dr MS Swaminathan pointed out - it will not make the youthful population take up farming.

The multiple ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lockdowns imposed by countries as a response, are being felt in sectors ranging from agriculture to healthcare. The global community must now hurdle massive obstacles to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To correctly assess the impact of the pandemic on global sustainability-driven concerns, it is important to understand not only the inter-linkages between the SDGs,

Africa is experiencing a food crisis on an unprecedented scale. More than 150 million people in the continent are anticipated to be in danger of increased levels of hunger in the immediate future because of the impacts of the conflict in Ukraine, compounded by climate-related variability and extremes, economic slowdowns, and the lingering consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within this context, social and gender disparities are increasing, wit

Thankfully, India is today self-sufficient in food-grain production though a wide gap still exists between availability on the one hand, and distribution and pricing on the other. Much as the farming community justifiably argues that agriculture has become less and less attractive as an investment proposal in terms of the risks and costs involved, an increasing section of the Indian population has been finding it even harder to get one square-mea

Agriculture remains the primary sector of the Indian economy. While it accounts for merely 16 percent of the country’s GDP, approximately 43.9 percent of the population depends on it for their livelihood. In recent years, indebtedness, crop failures, non-remunerative prices and poor returns have led to agrarian distress in many parts of the country. The government has come up with various mechanisms to address these issues: insurance, direct tr

The purpose of this paper is to reopen policy debates on the role of agricultural mechanisation in rural development. The paper examines very different and diverse patterns of agricultural mechanisation in some South Asian countries over the last 30 years

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar made two intelligent moves this month. The timing is perfect, but the move can go in any direction. It may either mark the decline of the NCP or contribute to spreading of his party beyond Maharashtra.

India placed on the agenda the need for strengthening civil society organisations and think-tanks

Eleven million people in Afghanistan are experiencing food insecurity, and 97 percent of the country’s population are on the brink of universal poverty by mid-2022. Every year, about 250,000 people suffer the devastating impacts of environmental disasters such as floods, droughts, avalanches, landslides, and earthquakes. The circumstances are climacteric, as agriculture is the biggest livelihood provider in the country and influential in its ec

Air quality in India’s capital city of Delhi and its surrounding region (or the National Capital Region, NCR) is poor during most months of the year. Various factors contribute to the worsening pollution, including human activities and a deficit in planning and governance. This brief examines the causes for declining air quality in the NCR as well as the mitigation measures that have been put in place by the government at different periods of t

The agriculture sector’s contribution to India’s GDP and employment makes it crucial to the country’s growth. At the same time, the sector’s massive greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to India’s green transition. The ongoing farmers’ protests also highlight the need for a climate-smart agriculture strategy that will address fundamental issues like income support. This brief outlines a framework for India’s “new green revolutio

When the stimulus package was announced in May 2020, many raised questions on the immediate viability of the measures in the current economic scenario.

This report explores the role of water credits to incentivise conservation, optimise allocation, and integrate sustainability into corporate and agricultural water use. Modelled after carbon credits, water credits incentivise stakeholders—including agriculture, industry, services, and households—to offset consumption by investing in water conservation and efficiency measures. The study examines economic and ecological valuation models and pri

In September 2024, the Second UN High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) marked a critical juncture in global health governance. This report examines the key commitments and implementation challenges emerging from the meeting’s Political Declaration. While the declaration sets ambitious targets—such as reducing AMR-related deaths by 10 percent by 2030 and establishing US$100 million in sustainable funding—massive gaps remain. T

This paper highlights the importance of water valuation and pricing for sustainable and efficient water allocation and management in India. An efficient water-pricing mechanism could be a tool to address the impending crisis of water scarcity, which necessitates a robust, objective, and holistic valuation technique. Every unit of water consumed for economic purposes has an ecological footprint, and this opportunity cost or externality factor need

The decade that began on January 1 will be Africa's decade. Unprecedented opportunities are opening up for India-Africa cooperation in Africa's rise in several areas, notably higher education, industrialisation and agriculture.

The politics of India is changing. The change will come not just through macro measures like the introduction of large-scale manufacturing or modern agriculture, but in a number of small ways - better schools, safer cities, better urban facilities, mental institutions and jails, fairer purvey of justice and so on.

Feminisation of agriculture is taking place in a number of developing countries, including India, and women are forced to play multiple roles as entrepreneurs, labourers and cultivators. They have to compete with men in getting access to resources which is difficult.

गुजरातमधील बटाटे पिकवणारे काही मोजके शेतकरी आणि पेप्सिको कंपनीमध्ये अलीकडेच झालेल्या वादामुळे कंत्राटी शेतीचा मुद्दा पुन्हा एकदा ऐरणीवर आला आहे.

कर्नाटकने शेतजमीन खरेदी-विक्री संदर्भात केलेल्या कायद्यातील सुधारणा सर्वांसाठी अनुकरणीय आहे. त्यामुळे शेतकऱ्यांसाठी समृद्धीचे दरवाजे किलकिले तरी होतील.

नुकत्याच राजधानी दिल्ली येथे झालेल्या शेतकरी मोर्चाच्या पृष्ठभूमीवर शेतकरी प्रश्न, ‘हमीभाव’ किंवा ‘किमान आधारभूत किंमत’ हा समजून घेणं गरजेचं झालं आहे.

नुकत्याच राजधानी दिल्ली येथे झालेल्या शेतकरी मोर्चाच्या पृष्ठभूमीवर शेतकरी प्रश्न, ‘हमीभाव’ किंवा ‘किमान आधारभूत किंमत’ हा समजून घेणं गरजेचं झालं आहे.

भारताच्या आर्थिक प्रगतीसाठी कृषी क्षेत्रातील पायाभूत सुधारणांसह, बिगरकृषी क्षेत्रांमध्ये युवक-महिलांसाठी पुरेशा नोकऱ्या निर्माण व्हायला हव्यात.

अर्थव्यवस्थेची इतर क्षेत्रे प्रचंड संकटात असताना, ज्या एका क्षेत्राने सकारात्मक वाढ नोंदवली आहे, त्या कृषी क्षेत्रासाठी हे नवे कायदे क्रांतिकारी ठरतील.

पुनर्निमिती शेतीमुळे शेतकऱ्यांचे उत्पन्न वाढवते. शिवाय भारताच्या शेती क्षेत्रातले कार्बनचे उत्सर्जनही कमी होऊ शकते.

जग पर्यावरण-स्नेही आणि नैतिकदृष्ट्या योग्य पोषण पर्यायांच्या शोधात असताना, या बाबतीत कृत्रिम मांसाने मध्यवर्ती स्थान प्राप्त केले आहे, परंतु इतर सर्व नाविन्यपूर्ण कल्�

हिंदी महासागरावरून वाहणारे मोसमी वारे भारतीय उपखंडाला एकत्र बांधून ठेवतात. म्हणूनच भारतीयत्वाची व्याख्या राज्यसंस्थेने नाही, तर मान्सूनने घडवली आहे.

भारत व इस्रायलमधील संस्थात्मक सहयोग आणि संयुक्त उपक्रमांमुळे भारताच्या जल व अन्नसुरक्षा आव्हानांशी सामना करण्यासाठी मदत होऊ शकते.

CECA ने सुरू केलेल्या लेव्हल प्लेइंग ग्राउंडमध्ये ऑस्ट्रेलियन खाद्य क्षेत्राने निर्माण केलेल्या स्पर्धेत टिकून राहण्यासाठी, विद्यमान भारतीय कृषी मूल्य-साखळीत सुधारणा क�

दशकों से वैश्विक स्तर पर कृषि क्षेत्र में एक एक्सट्रैक्टिव यानी दोहन का ऐसा मॉडल अपना रखा है जिसमें प्रति एकड़ अधिक से अधिक फ़सल लेने की कोशिश होती है. इस मॉडल के लिए विश्व वि

वाढती मागणी आणि अन्न असुरक्षिततेची आव्हाने पेलण्यासाठी आपल्याला शाश्वत शेतीद्वारे उत्पादकता वाढवणे आवश्यक आहे.

भारत आणि रवांडा यांनी कृषी, माहिती तंत्रज्ञान, आरोग्यसेवा आणि पर्यटन अशा क्षेत्रात सहकार्य केल्यास दोघांनाही फायदा होईल.

शेतकऱ्यांना मदत मिळणे आवश्यक असले तरी, पंतप्रधान शेतकरी योजनेमार्फत वर्षाकाठी रु. ६००० म्हणजेच दर दिवशी रु.१७ मिळाल्याने त्याच्या आयुष्यात काय फरक पडेल?

‘ऑब्झर्व्हर रिसर्च फाऊंडेशन’ने प्रकाशित केलेले तुमचे दृष्टिकोन अन्न सुरक्षा, हवामान बदल, शाश्वत शेती आणि जमिनीचा वापर यांच्यातील व्यामिश्र दृष्टीवर प्रकाशझोत टाकते. �

शेती हे पूर्णत: खासगी क्षेत्र असूनही सरकारने विविध नियमांच्या साखळ्यांनी ते आजही करकचून बांधलेले आहे. आर्थिक स्वातंत्र्य मिळाले तरच हे क्षेत्र वाचू शकते. 

शेतीतील उत्पादनवाढ ही केवळ शेतकर्‍याच्या कष्टावर आणि ज्ञानावर अवलंबून नसून तंत्रज्ञानावर ठरते. पण यामुळे शेतीतील सत्ता शेतकर्‍यांकडून बाजाराच्या हाती येते.

तोट्यात चाललेली त्याची शेती आणि शेतकऱ्यांची विपन्नावस्था केवळ अनुदान आणि सवलतींनी दूर होणार नाही. त्यासाठी शेतकरीविरोधी कायदे मोडीत काढावे लागतील.

निसर्गातील अनियमिततेच्या जोखिमेबरोबरच सरकारच्या अवाजवी नियंत्रणांमुळे निर्माण झालेल्या बाजारपेठीय आणि वित्तीय जोखीमेमुळे शेतकऱ्यांचे कंबरडे मोडले आहे.

लष्कराचा आकार कमी करण्याच्या व भविष्यकाळातील आव्हाने पेलण्यासाठी सुसज्ज दलांची उभारणी करण्याच्या श्रीलंकेच्या इच्छेमुळे भारताला त्या देशाशी भागीदारी वाढवण्याच्या �

सर्वसमावेशक संपत्तीचा दृष्टीकोन स्वीकारला, तर एक अतुलनीय उदाहरण घालून देण्याची आणि मानवतेच्या आकांक्षांना निसर्गाच्या गरजांशी सुसंगत ठेवून प्रगतीचा नव्याने विचार कर

देशातील साखर उत्पादन २४ टक्क्यांनी घटले आहे. यात सर्वाधिक ५१ टक्के वाटा महाराष्ट्रातील उत्पादनघटीचा आहे.याचा थेट परिणाम शेतकऱ्यांच्या भविष्यावर होणार आहे.