Business Standard – Online

Ukraine may not be able to regain its role in helping maintain global food security unless damage done to the country’s agriculture sector during Russia’s invasion is repaired, Ukrainian experts said on Wednesday. An analysis by the Kyiv School of Economics Institute’s Center for Food Research and Land Use in cooperation with the agriculture ministry said 2.4 million hectares of winter crops worth $1.435 billion would not be harvested because of the war. The agriculture sector has so far suffered losses of $4.292 billion because of the invasion and the war has killed about 42,000 sheep and goats, 92,000 cows, 258,000 pigs and more than 5.7 million heads of poultry, it said. “Russia’s aggression affects ...

Financial Express – Online

The government aims to make efforts to include agriculture as part of the school curriculum under the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday in a session organised by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). According to the minister, agriculture is the priority and strength of the Indian economy, which acts as the backbone in adverse conditions. He emphasised on mainstreaming agricultural education under the NEP 2020. The session discussed the development of policy and pathway to introduce agriculture as a subject in course curriculum and provide options for students to explore a career in the various arenas of the farm sector. “The NEP-2020 will enable the overall development ...