Reducing poverty and hunger in Asia: the role of agricultural and rural development
After 30 years of dynamic growth and substantial poverty reduction in Asia, do agriculture and rural development still have a role to play in that region?
After 30 years of dynamic growth and substantial poverty reduction in Asia, do agriculture and rural development still have a role to play in that region?
After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian? The bill seeks to address widespread hunger in the country through food support programmes and
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Surging food inflation, decline in agriculture growth rate and the impending food security bill are expected to be at the centre of the coming Union budget.
As a response to the criticisms of microfinance institutions
The Union Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned two projects worth Rs 21.5 crore, under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, for Karnataka. Both projects are aimed at empowering rural women and will be implemented through NGOs, with active involvement of the state government. The State Genetic Resources Ecology and Nutrition Foundation (Green Foundation) has been selected for implementation of the project in Chitradurga and Ramanagara districts. The project, with an estimated cost of Rs 6.5 crore, is expected to benefit around 5,000 women.
Asia’s ability to keep food prices in check and ensure long-term regional food security will require the region’s farm to market supply chains to become more efficient and cost-effective, says a new Asian
Poverty forces 48 per cent of the people in villages in 13 states to skip meals. Eighty-eight per cent do not have work all year round and in nearly 45 per cent of the villages, agricultural and wage
This new paper by ICTSD discusses net food-importing developing countries – the most vulnerable – in the light of the recent commodity price spikes: who they are, and policy options for dealing with global price volatility.
<p>SHG and their federations have become a movement in India. To sustain the benefits emerging from this movement, it is important that they become independent in all aspects and take full ownership. This means that the
Chhattisgarh's first farmer suicide exposes the downside of diversification. Official statistics confirm the change in farming habits. More than 1,000 farmers in Chhattisgarh's poverty belt are into
Under the Professional Institutional Networking (PIN) of Ministry of Rural Development, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) sanctioned the Impact Assessment study in three districts namely Sirsa
Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan Model to employ 67pc farm workers in lean period Obaidul Ghani The government has taken a three-year action plan from this year to increase crop productions in the northern districts, where about 37.50 lakh people are exposed to extreme poverty due to seasonal joblessness, known as monga.
The summit suffered from a crisis of trust
The Bhutan Environment Outlook (BEO) 2012 analyzes the state of the environment, principal environmental impacts, and the motivating forces and pressures for environmental change. The BEO 2012 is a periodic
Politicians may have flashed the `development' card while campaigning, but a recent study reports that 80% farmers in the state are reeling under debt.The study shows how nearly 80% farmers in Haryana
BHUBANESWAR: The Krushak Morcha of the BJP today held the Government responsible for the suicide of 68 farmers in the State. Passing several resolutions in the first State executive committee meeting here, the farmers wing of the party attributed the suicide cases to the faulty agricultural policies of both the State and Central governments.
More than 2,500 farmers have committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh last year due to various reasons, including bankruptcy, unemployment and poverty. Asked whether it is a fact that as per the National
देश की दो तिहाई से अधिक आबादी आज भी खेती की जर्जर प्रणाली पर निर्भर है। केंद्र की राजग सरकार ने इसे बखूबी समझ लिया है नई दिल्ली, [सुरेंद्र प्रसाद सिंह]। गांवों की गरीबी केवल खेती के रास्ते ही भाग सकती
Key Features of Budget 2014-2015.
For the third year in a row, hunger is on the rise again and affects 821 million people in the world. In addition, one third of the global population suffers from malnutrition. Eradicating hunger and malnutrition