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 …
Kerala has registered a growth rate of 9.13 percent, according to the Economic Review for the year 2010-11 released on Saturday. Releasing the report, Finance Minister K M Mani said that compared to the growth rate of 8.95 per cent in year 2009-10 there has been a slight increase in …
A decade ago, Chandra Pradhani, a Paraja tribal of Nuaguda village in Kundra block of Odisha's Koraput district, would migrate to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to earn a living as a brick kiln worker. He no longer does this. Today, he is feted by the nation. He was one of the …
Farmers of Assam, that recently boasted of having a record rice harvest, are losing interest in paddy cultivation, saying they were facing financial ruin in the absence a minimum support price and adequate procurement centres for their produce. Rice production is going down as the Food Corporation of India (FCI) …
CACP’s chairman on why Indian agriculture is trapped in a cycle of mediocre growth and low productivity. The 11th five-year plan is in its closing stages. And for the third consecutive Plan period, agriculture looks like it will miss the targeted 4 per cent growth by a long shot. Even …
Kuttanad Package to be taken up in three phases The State government would soon launch various projects as part of the first phase of the Kuttanad Package prepared by M.S. Swaminathan Commission, said Sam Eapen, Upper Kuttanad Nelkarshaka Samiti (UKNS) president, here on Sunday. Talking to The Hindu , Mr. …
KOLKATA, 2 MARCH: The state food department will set up rice mills on the public-private partnership (PPP) model at 158 blocks of the state. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has initiated the process to avoid any further problem in rice procurement. The crop production was high this year, but due to …
The government expects a bumper harvest of nearly 1.5 million metric tonnes of paddy from cultivation areas during this Maha season. Co-operatives and Internal Trade Ministry Secretary Sunil S Sirisena told the Daily News that this was a result of several thousands of acres in the North and East being …
Agriculture has the potential to mitigate emission of GHGs by adopting low carbon technologies. Comprehensive estimates of GHGs emission from different agricultural operations including production, processing, post-harvest management and marketing are required for evaluating the economic potential of different low carbon technologies in Indian agriculture. This report has presented the …
FAO forecast that 2012 world wheat production will be the second highest on record at 690 million tonnes and also announced that international food prices rose one percent in February — the second increase in two months. FAO’s quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report forecast a 2012 wheat crop …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution deals with the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Eighth Report (15th Lok Sabha) on the subject, “Food Subsidy and Its Utilisation” pertaining to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public …
A bid by the Philippines to extend special treatment on rice imports at the WTO is being blocked by the US over health and safety standards for frozen meat, the Filipino agriculture minister claimed last Thursday. The two sides met today in the Philippines in an attempt to resolve the …
The AP High Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of the AP Pollution Control Board to close down 19 rice mills located at Karmanghat area of the city and the decision of the Appellate Authority in securing `1 lakh as performance guarantee on each of the rice mills for shifting …
Aizawl: Mizoram has achieved 10.50 per cent increase in foodgrain production during 2011-2012 which had been declared bumper rice harvest year by the state government. Mizoram produced 51948 metric tonnes of rice during the past year, a significant increase from 47,201 metric ton produced during 2010-2011. This was higher than …
Tianshi (Bangladesh) Company Ltd has introduced a new variety rice aiming to fulfill the lack of nutrition to human being, especially effective to the children and mother. Tiens Group Global Chairman Li Jinyuan disclosed it at a press meet held at a city hotel suite in Gulshan recently. He said …
The eastern region of the country, which occasionally hits the headlines for starvation deaths, has turned into a food surplus zone thanks to a special programme launched last year to boost productivity in the area. The government said on Friday that "bringing green revolution in eastern India programme (BGREI)", launched …
Chandigarh: Expressing concern over the declining water table in the state, the Central Ground Water Board has recommended reducing area under paddy by more than 10 lakh hectares to achieve sustainable growth. In a detailed report submitted to the state government, the board has drawn a road map for the …
Assam has made a significant turnaround in attaining self-sufficiency in rice in the last one decade or more, prompting the Assam Agricultural University (AAU) to set for itself a target of helping the state achieve a record output of 100 lakh metric tonnes of rice per annum in less than …
Exactly a month after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit, her government has allowed transportation of PDS rice to Tripura through her country. The Bangladesh government has approved the use of Ashuganj port as well as the Ashuganj-Agartala road across the international border to transport the first consignment of 5,000 …
For the first time a private company, CIC Agri after many years of research, has produced a high yielding paddy seed (white) at their Pelwehera tissue culture laboratory. CIC Crops and Livestock Director/CEO Waruna Madawanaachchi told 'Daily News Business' that this has been named as CIC 301 and now available …
