The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020 (SOCO 2020) aims to discuss policies and mechanisms that promote sustainable outcomes – economic, social and environmental – in agricultural and food markets, both global and domestic. The analysis is organized along the trends and challenges that lie at the heart of global …
It will take at least 10 years to eradicate the H5N1 bird flu virus, which has killed scores of humans, from poultry in the six countries where it is endemic, a UN agency said on April 21. The strain of the avian influenza virus was reported in 60 countries at …
Smokeless tobacco products being marketed in India contain 3095 chemical components with serious implications for human health. About 28 of these components are proven carcinogens, areca nut the most commonly used of all. What
There have been or at least expectations of a real bumper crop in the country this year (July 2010-June 2011). One feels this is the time for structural change in the food distribution system in the country, with a structural change in the distribution of food grains to the needy. …
The unbridled manufacture and use of pesticides in Asia is raising the spectre of "pest storms" devastating the region's rice farms and threatening food security, scientists have warned. Increased production of cheap pesticides in China and India, lax regulation and inadequate farmer education are destroying ecosystems around paddies, allowing pests …
Countries in Latin America and Africa, including Bolivia and Mozambique, are most at risk of food riots as prices advance, the United Nations said. The past month
BEIJING: China on Tuesday said a record drought across its major wheat-producing provinces would not impact global food prices, with the country expected to meet its demand from
Beijing: The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) diagnosis of China's wheat crisis differs from the one presented by the Chinese government. The FAO has said two-third of the country's vast wheat crop is at risk due to the winter drought, while Beijing has put the figure at 42%. Chen Lei, …
There is bad news on the global food front. In an alert issued this week, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that more than two-thirds of China
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee would attend the G-20 meeting next week, wherein world leaders would come together for discussing issues related to food inflation and food security, and excess liquidity in world markets that is leading to spike in asset and commodity prices. Sources said that the leaders will also …
Sri Lanka government has roughly estimated that the recent round of floods have caused a damage worth of 50 billion rupees to the economy while affecting over 1.2 million people of 18 districts. Minister of Disaster Management Mahinda Amaraweera says that thousands of acres of cultivations, around 450 small and …
Asia is leading the afforestation activity in the world with a significant contribution from India which is adding 3,00,000 hectares of forest every year, a senior UN official said. “I would highlight India, which still has important population growth. The forests in India are growing at 300,000 hectare per annum,” …
India continues to be among the top 10 producers of marine and inland capture fish, according to a FAO report on Monday. India has seen 80.8% growth in inland capture fisheries produce between 2004 and 2008, to 9,53,106 tonne; and continues to be among the top 10 producers from marine …
The United Nations, Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) recently released, the first global guideline for bycatch management and reduction of fishing discards which covers all types of bycatch including discards, that is, fish that are caught accidently and then thrown back into the sea either dead or dying. Unmanaged bycatch …
The problem is all pervasive as the prices of almost all food items have been rising In a scenario that is all familiar in India and for that matter in many other countries too, rising food prices have become an extremely sensitive issue with major political and social ramifications that …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi January 7, 2011, 0:20 IST Managing high agriculture commodity prices is becoming a concern for policy makers in India as well as globally. While Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has already warned of a
Global food prices rose in December, with the FAO Food Price Index at a record high, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday, past 2008 highs when rising food prices sparked riots in a number of countries. Up for the sixth month in a row and fueled by …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: There is need for a concerted and coordinated effort by different countries to promote awareness and prevent outbreak of a pandemic like avian influenza, said officials of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) here on Monday. A disease like the bird flu is not the problem for …
