Agriculture in crisis as policy failures and climate shocks batte

Contributing nearly a quarter of the country's GDP and employing over a third of the population, agriculture's...

Economists warn Pakistan’s poverty decline has stalled

Pakistan's long-standing progress in reducing poverty has come to a halt, economists cautioned at the Fifth Annual...

Punjab floods: Centre renews push for crop insurance, asks state

Sources in the ministry told ANI that Punjab's non-participation in the scheme has left farmers dependent only on...

India sends 10-tonne humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Somalia

India has dispatched a consignment of 10 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia in a...

Tackling water scarcity requires speed, scale, determination: FAO

The world needs to act with speed, scale and determination to tackle the growing threat of water scarcity and...

Israel launches USD 1.4B national food security strategy for...

Faced with mounting threats to its food supply, Israel unveiled its National Food Security Plan 2050 on Monday,...

World Bank approves USD 300M program to boost urban water

According to the World Bank, the newly approved USD 300 million Tamil Nadu Climate Resilient Urban Development...

UN calls for urgent action against climate change in Afghanistan

"The Afghan people stand on the precipice of devastating climate projections. As COP27 opens today, the UN in...