With 72.74 million hectares of forest area, India now accounts for approximately 2% of the world's forests, according to UN's Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025.
FAO’s Green-Ag project in India integrates forests and agriculture through agroecology across five diverse landscapes: Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
Farmers from across India shared their sustainability stories at a day-long event in Delhi, ‘The Unjust Climate – A Focus on India’, organised by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
The FAO price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 127.2 points last month against 126.5 for March. The March reading was originally given as 126.9.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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