Does predicted global warming imply more hunger in the future of Latin America? Climate projections prepared by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are briefly presented, along with an analysis of existing estimates of their probable impact on agriculture and food...

Mali has introduced a program to produce biodiesel using jatropha, a shrub widely available throughout the country. The aim of the program is to partially substitute diesel, which is entirely supplied through imports, with domestically produced biodiesel. In this paper, we use a computable...

Based on case studies, it is confirmed beyond doubt that the problem of infectious disease of ‘poverty' especially among the majority (accounting for more than 75 percent of rural population) of debt-ridden peasant farmers who are perpetually poverty stricken, has not been tackled with any...

The agricultural productivity levels and variations in agricultural performance have been analysed across districts and regions in the state of Uttar Pradesh with the aim of identifying factors that affect land and labour productivity and in turn, rural poverty. The performance of agriculture in...

It is confirmed based on case studies that the problem of infectious disease of ‘Poverty' among the majority (75 per cent of debt-ridden farmers who are highly productive) has not been tackled with any success due to middlemen's collusive activities which have dwarfed and derailed organic...

Indian economy is the fastest growing economy of the world surpassing China during financial year 2015 and 2018. GDP of the country was recorded 7.1% in 2016 and it declined to 6.7% in 2017. Agriculture sector is underperforming for combating malnutrition of a large proportion of the population....

Nutrition and Agriculture are interlinked with each other. Sustainable agricultural development is agricultural development that contributes to improving resource efficiency, strengthening resilience and securing social equity/responsibility of agriculture and food systems in order to ensure...