The recent period of high agricultural commodity prices is most likely over, say the OECD and FAO in their latest 10-year Outlook.

The recent period of high agricultural commodity prices is most likely over, say the OECD and FAO in their latest 10-year Outlook. But the two organisations warn of the need to be vigilant as the probability of a major price swing remains high.

BENGALURU: Ninety nine per cent of the world's food comes from the soil — crops grown, livestock maintained on it — and an estimated 25% of earth's biodiversity is found in the soil.

This research highlights the underlying resilience of Pacific agriculture to climate change, particularly for many of the region’s staple food crops.

Agricultural Productivity in Africa: Trends, Patterns, and Determinants presents updated and new analyses of land, labor, and total productivity trends in African agriculture.

This report addresses the economic, environmental and social dimensions of agricultural development, with the objective of ensuring food and nutrition security, in terms of availability, access, utilization and stability.

Government is working on a project to support the Agricultural Rural Development Authority, prisons, universities and other institutions that own farmland, with machinery and equipment to boost agr

The Livestock Sector, which provides bulk of the protein to human nutrition, contributes 7% to GSDP which is 26% of Agricultural Domestic Product. Poultry farming in Andhra Pradesh is the most dynamic and fastest growing segment of Agriculture Sector.

The Livestock Sector, which provides bulk of the protein to human nutrition, contributes 7% to GSDP which is 26% of Agricultural Domestic Product. Poultry farming in Andhra Pradesh is the most dynamic and fastest growing segment of Agriculture Sector.

Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreaks have occurred across eastern Africa from 1912 to 2010 approximately every 4–15 years, most of which have not been accompanied by significant epidemics in human populations. However, human epidemics during RVF outbreaks in eastern Africa have involved 478 deaths in 1998, 1107 reported cases with 350 deaths from 2006 to 2007 and 1174 cases with 241 deaths in 2008. We review the history of RVF outbreaks in eastern Africa to identify the epidemiological factors that could have influenced its increasing severity in humans.

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