Agriculture employs near half of India’s workforce.

But it generates lower than 20 p.c of the nation’s gross home product (GDP).

Millions of smallholder farmers – who’ve seen their yields and incomes fall – are demanding assist from the federal government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants their votes quickly as he seeks to increase his decade in workplace. But his authorities is shifting away from agriculture to manufacturing because it goals to show India right into a developed nation.

Meanwhile, within the Asia-Pacific area, Japan has slipped into recession. Can it regain its rating because the world’s third-largest financial system?

Plus, cocoa costs are hovering – and chocolate lovers are feeling the pinch.