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Climate change is posing unprecedented threats to food and nutritional security across the world, including in India, undermining the pillars of agricultural production, food availability, and nutritional outcomes. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, declining soil fertility, and increasing biotic stresses have serious implications for agricultural productivity and access to nutritious foods. Addressing these challenges requires inclusive innovation pathways that strengthen resilience across food systems. Within this...

Women play a pivotal yet often unrecognised role across all stages of the agricultural value chain, spanning production, processing, marketing, and distribution. In India and many developing economies of the Global South, women constitute a large proportion of the agricultural workforce as farmers. However, despite this centrality, systemic barriers—including limited access to land, credit, technology, training, and markets—continue to hinder their full participation and empowerment. Strengthening...

Global labour migration has been instrumental in shaping how societies are formed and how economies function. Since the establishment of ancient trade routes to present day, labour migration has been an important factor in defining global geopolitical dynamics and shaping the socioeconomic fabric. Though labour migration is typically influenced by employment opportunities and earning potential, factors such as economic stability, geopolitical dynamics, national security concerns...

Shifts in US strategy, the erosion of Iran’s regional power, and the Gulf’s growing economic momentum may collectively create new opportunities for stability in the Middle East   For several decades, peace in the Middle East has seemed like a pipe dream. The region has become associated with seemingly endless conflict. Throughout its modern history, the Middle East has experienced moments of hope, but these have often...

Connectivity in Central Asia is no longer about bridges, railways, or ports alone; it is about power and influence—who shapes the routes, who defines the rules, and who determines the region’s strategic choices. Landlocked yet indispensable, resource-rich yet infrastructure-poor, Central Asia has emerged as a key testing ground for competing connectivity models—Chinese, Russian, European Union, and American, increasingly Indian, alongside less dominant alternatives and locally...