CEOs need to accelerate their action plans to safeguard the production of commodities critical to the global population and economy as heat stress and drought risk rise around the world, according to PwC's report, Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities: Protecting People and Prosperity, published. The report, which analysed nine …
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday presented Krishi Karman award to Bihar for a significant production of rice and paddy in 2011-12. Agriculture minister Narendra Singh received the award, consisting of a trophy, a citation and a cash of Rs1 crore, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The President also presented …
Hyderabad: Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said Andhra Pradesh had become the first state in India to provide food security for the poor with his government’s “Mana Biyyam” (our rice) scheme. The scheme is aimed at providing quality rice for just Rs 1 per kg through the …
IMPHAL: Manipur was one of the eight States rewarded for significant agricultural productions. President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee handed over to Chief Minister Okram Ibobi a cash of Rs 2 crore, one citation and one certificate in a solemn function held today at Rashtrapati Bhavan. From among the small State category …
The use of technologically advanced seeds is currently much lower in the production of rice than in other crops Rice output in India can be raised at least 15-20 per cent through increased use of hybrid seeds, a Rabobank study said. The use of technologically advanced seeds is currently much …
The NSS consumer expenditure survey (CES) aims at generating estimates of average household monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE), its distribution over households and persons, and its break-up by commodity group, at national and State/UT level, and for different socio-economic groups. This report covers a few aspects of household consumption …
Bihar’s agriculture sector employs more than eighty percent of the labor force and more than fourfifths of these farmers are small and marginal. They have one of the lowest agricultural productivity in India that has not increased due to several constraints. Jeevika, a project jointly supported by the World Bank …
This study presents an analysis of the political economy of the food price policy in Bangladesh. The study presents a brief overview of the economic and political trajectory of Bangladesh which includes an overview of the structure of the agricultural sector, the analysis on the characteristics of the markets of …
The agriculture sector witnessed record foodgrains output of 257.44 million tonnes in this year enabling the country to become world's largest rice exporter for the first time, but the monsoon played spoilsport dashing farmers' hopes of an encore in 2013. A hefty increase of Rs 1 lakh crore in farm …
Market leaders, Dutch follows tringent quality control The potato has a 12,000-year-old history but an even brighter future as a crop that is set to replace rice as a staple in the Asian rice-consuming countries. It requires less amount of water compared to other basic food products, without compromising the …
Madhya Pradesh, on course for constant progress, has yet another feather in its cap lined up. The Krishi Karman Award for 2011-12 under the ‘Total Foodgrain Production Category First’ will be given away by President Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi on January 15, 2013. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Agriculture Development …
Chances of the food security Bill becoming a law in the near future have dimmed with Parliament’s standing committee on food not submitting its recommendations in the winter session, which ended on Thursday. “There is no possibility of submitting the report in the winter session of Parliament, as all the …
Farmers had sown rabi crops like wheat and pulses in 48.21 million hectare till last week, about three per cent higher than the year-ago period, according to the Agriculture Ministry. They had sown rabi (winter) crops in over 46.97 million hectare during the same period of last year. Sowing of …
The present paper investigated the extent of the flood propagation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta under different projected flood hydrographs, considering the 2000 flood event as the basis for computation. The analysis herein was done to demonstrate the particular complexity of the flood dynamics, which was simulated by the 1-D …
A case study from Baigachak of Chhattisgarh by Ramesh Sharma, Ekta Parishad at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012).
The parliamentary standing committee on food is giving a final shape to the UPA-II government’s ambitious Food Security Bill. It is likely to submit its report during this session which is likely to end on December 21. Committee chairman Vilas Muttemwar summoned senior food ministry officials on Monday to study …
Rice, a staple for many across the world, has been considered one of the safest and easily digestible nutritious foods. It is also an important alternate grain for those who are gluten or wheat intolerant and those suffering from celiac disease. However, some recent reports on its toxicity, specifically related …
This ADB study documents the transformation of value chains moving rice and potatoes between the farm gate and the consumer in Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, and India. Major changes have been occurring almost unnoticed in staple value chains in Asia. The Quiet Revolution in Staple Food Value Chains …
Despite ensuring ample availability of food, existence of food insecurity at the micro-level in the country has remained a formidable challenge for India. The recently introduced National Food Security Bill (NFSB) aims to address this and marks a paradigm shift in addressing the problem of food security—from the current welfare …
Farmers of Bihaband and Danatoli villages of Rajgangpur block in Sundargarh district are a worried lot despite bumper crop. They have been compelled to shift their harvested paddy to a safe place to avoid damage from water-logging. Others with standing crops are also staring at immediate crop damage due to …
The New and Renewable Energy Policy-2012 approved by the Punjab Cabinet today will attract an estimated investment of Rs 18,000 crore, besides providing direct and indirect employment to more than 25000 youth in the state. Non-Conventional Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said the revolutionary policy would not only change the …
