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Global rice price index at highest since 2011 after India restricts exports

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) All Rice Price Index increased by 2.8 prcent on the month and 19.7 percent on the year to reach its highest nominal level since September 2011, as India’s 20 July prohibition of non-parboiled Indica exports fostered expectations of greater sales in other origins, amplifying upward pressure already exerted on prices by seasonally tighter supplies and Asian purchases.

Should Billionaires Pay?

The inherent justification of the rich paying for societal issues stems from inequality. Financial inequality is an unfortunate truth around which the world has no answers. But what remains disturbing is its degree the top 1 per cent owns 43 per cent of global wealth, the ratio is worse regionally for developing and underdeveloped nations. Oxfam reports on inequality state that the Covid pandemic has made the world more unequal

Soil in distress

Soil, including topsoil, is one such natural resource. Soil health is showing signs of fatigue due to intensive and unscientific cultivation. In spite of the impressive increase in food production in the last half century, humanity is finding it very difficult to provide more food for more people. Experts are unanimous in mentioning the multiple threats confronting the ability of the world to expand food supplies