For India, an El Niño year has usually meant a weaker monsoon. That relationship is a tendency rather than a rule, and there have been El Niño years that ended with normal rain, but the odds move, and they move against us.
This year the signal was unusually emphatic. The India Meteorological...
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antaranews
2026.11.09
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Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman plans to develop 120,000 hectares of garlic plantations in cooperation with China as part of efforts to achieve national garlic self-sufficiency.
"Based on our meeting with the Chinese Minister of Agriculture, we will work together to strengthen food...
Philstar
2026.11.08
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has forged a partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to help modernize the state of agriculture in the country.
This, as DA and KOICA marked the grand opening and first harvest of the Value Chain Enhancement of High Value Crops...
Taiwan Today
2026.10.28
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The 20th agricultural working group meeting between Taiwan and the Netherlands was held Oct. 23 in Taipei City to explore methods of expanding agricultural cooperation.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the meeting was jointly organized with the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries,...
agna
2026.10.19
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Japan’s new agriculture minister Arata Takebe pledges not to let agricultural policy stagnate, setting out agenda centered on food security, structural reform and rural revitalization.
Read more here.
The states man
2026.10.16
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On World Food Day, 16 October 2026, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has chosen the theme “Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow.”
The urgency is unmistakable. According to the FAO’s latest assessment, approximately 645 million people faced hunger in 2025, while billions struggled to...
Philippine News Agency
2026.10.13
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday underscored the need for an attractive agricultural ecosystem and viable businesses for young Filipinos as the farm workforce ages.
This comes as the agency joined the delegation at the XII Ibero-American Conference of Ministers of Agriculture and...
Sedaily
2026.10.08
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Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Song Mi-ryung announced the plan, titled "Follow-up Measures to the Farmland Census and Direction for Institutional Reform," at the Government Complex Sejong on Thursday. "For ordinary cases that do not involve speculation, we will push for special...