News
March 2, 2020
The finance minister, in her FY21 budget speech, announced a 16-point agenda to kickstart growth in agriculture and farmers’ income. While the agenda makes sense, following the money presents a disconcerting prospect. Less than 10% of the Rs 2.2 lakh crore budgeted for agriculture will support capital formation or R&D. Economies can’t grow without investment and innovation. This budget provides money for neither.
Issue Posts
February 28, 2020
BY DEEPAK VARSHNEY, ANJANI KUMAR, P.K. JOSHI AND DEVESH ROY India’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi program, known as PM-KISAN, announced in Dec. 2018,
Event Posts
February 24, 2020
Each year, about 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption is lost after harvest and before reaching consumers around
Event Posts
February 24, 2020
BY JULIA WILSON For decades, high fish prices contributed to poor nutrition in Bangladesh, placing a key source of protein
News
February 18, 2020
By Deepak Varshney, Anjani Kumar, PK Joshi and Devesh Roy Samman Nidhi, popularly known as PM-KISAN, announced in December 2018
Issue Posts
February 18, 2020
BY Sunil Saroj, Devesh Roy and Mamta Pradhan One of the great examples that economists give on the power of
Issue Posts
February 18, 2020
BY MANMEET AJMANI, VISHRUTA CHOUDHARY AND DEVESH ROY In November, India decided to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s newest and
Press Releases
February 7, 2020
According to the FAO, each year about 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption is lost after harvest
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February 6, 2020
The Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in ASEAN region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns project (ATMI-ASEAN) organized its