Policy-Related News

indian express
2024.12.02
1
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW) has asked the states to organise camps to ensure a faster generation of Farmer ID. Known as Kisan Pehchaan Patra or Farmer ID is an Aadhaar-linked unique digital identity that is linked dynamically to the state’s land records, besides...
tehrantimes
2024.12.01
1
Japan has been a key partner of the Government of Iran and UNDP since 2014 in supporting sustainable natural resource management in wetland basins and diversifying livelihoods of communities reliant on wetlands. During the signing ceremony on 1 December 2024, the Government of Japan and UNDP...
gmanetwork
2024.11.29
1
The Philippines will develop seed production facilities in communities and universities to improve the country’s food production, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Friday. At the ceremonial turnover of the Korea Partnership for Innovation of Agriculture (KOPIA) Greenhouses and...
smestreet
2024.11.05
7
Marut Dronetech Pvt Ltd, a leading drone technology company with DGCA certification for manufacturing and training has raised $6.2 million in Series A funding from Lok Capital. Marut Drones is at the forefront of innovation in drone technology and is building a robust ecosystem to promote drone...
thethaiger
2024.10.25
1
Commerce Minister Pichai Naripatapan, announced that the House of Representatives’ Agriculture and Cooperatives Committee met with the Ministry of Commerce to discuss policies and measures to assist Thai farmers both domestically and internationally. The focus was on key agricultural products...
FAO
2024.10.17
8
FAO welcomed today the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture aimed at addressing water scarcity increasingly exacerbated by the climate crisis – one of the world’s greatest challenges affecting global food security, natural resources and the lives and livelihoods of...
Reuters
2024.10.10
8
Indonesia's incoming president Prabowo Subianto plans to expand food crops' planting areas by three million hectares (7.4 million acres) in the next five years to cultivate staples in a food self-sufficiency drive, an official said. Prabowo, who won the February presidential election by a...
Worldbank
2024.09.26
7
India, a leading producer of agricultural commodities, faces declining farm profitability. To address this, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, with support from the World Bank, is revamping agricultural education to create a new generation of skilled professionals. These professionals aim...

Pages