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 …
Two walls of extremes are closing in fast on mankind. The spectre of climate change threatens agriculture, especially in developing countries where farming is dominated by smallscale farmers heavily relying on rainfall. Along with this, is the scourge of burgeoning population, which is likely swell to 9 billion in the …
A report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on greenhouse gas emissions has listed Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir as separate countries along with India. The 2010 report by the FAO, published in collaboration with the International Dairy Foundation, has been brought out to
New Delhi: Consumers across the globe will soon come to know that not only the price of fishes or shrimps that they buy, but also facts like whether the fish was raised without damaging a coastal mangrove swamp or whether the fish farm worker was paid a fair wage. According …
Mumbai: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) have joined forces to tackle widespread hunger and build food security throughout the Asia and Pacific region. FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has warned that farmers in the flood stricken areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will not be able to sow wheat if they are not provided seed.
Global demand for agricultural products such as food, feed, and fuel is now a major driver of cropland and pasture expansion across much of the developing world. Whether these new agricultural lands replace forests, degraded forests, or grasslands greatly influences the environmental consequences of expansion. Although the general pattern is …
Rome: The number of people in the world suffering chronic hunger has declined for the first time in 15 years, due to improving economic conditions and lower food prices, the United Nations
The situation in Pakistan, where 21 million people have been affected by historic floods, is worsening, the United Nations said Tuesday. "The situation is worsening as we now have almost 21 million people directly affected by these floods," said Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman at the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian …
The situation in Pakistan, where 21 million people have been affected by historic floods, is worsening, the United Nations said Tuesday. "The situation is worsening as we now have almost 21 million people directly affected by these floods," said Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman at the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian …
Over 1.31 million hectares of the cultivated area have been destroyed by floods in the four provinces and Azad Kashmir, according to the preliminary rapid damage assessment carried out by the United Nations. According to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday, the highest loss …
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai September 2, 2010, 0:41 IST Global cereal consumption is set to surpass production for the first time in three years due to the impact of the periodic climatic behaviour known as El Nino, which brought floods in one part of the world and drought on …
In its latest report on food insecurity, the FAO asserted that 915 million people were undernourished in 2008, and the figure is estimated to rise to 1.02 billion in 2009. The alarming numbers raise the twin questions of how the estimates are derived and how reliable they are.
BHUBANESWAR: In 2004, the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE) had predicted that the State had potential to attract FDI worth $ 40 billion in view of its huge bauxite, iron ore and coking coal reserves. Interestingly, the big ticket investments like Posco, Mittal etc queued up into Orissa …
Sreenivas Janyala Hyderabad: Six software engineers who invested their own money to take agriculture research to farmers through information and communication technology find themselves in a spot because the Andhra Pradesh government has reneged on its promise to fund the project.The pilot project it-rural.com, which was praised by the Food …
Sreenivas Janyala Six software engineers who invested their own money to take agriculture research to farmers through information and communication technology find themselves in a spot because the Andhra Pradesh government has reneged on its promise to fund the project.The pilot project it-rural.com, which was praised by the Food and …
The world is vocal in unison today that there is a gradual shift of power from West to East; and India and China are the growth drivers in the eastern region. While energy security is most widely discussed today, with this tectonic shift of power, the debate of food security …
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai July 09, 2010, 0:48 IST India is unlikely to be impacted by the new melamine and aflatoxin limit set by the UN Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), a body run jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Health …
The maximum amount of melamine allowed in powdered infant formula is 1 mg/kg and the amount of the chemical allowed in other foods and animal feed is 2.5 mg/kg, according to the new ruling from the United Nations
A higher level of performance in agriculture is necessary but not a sufficient condition to reduce malnutrition, say Ashok Gulati, T Nanda Kumar & Ganga Shreedhar INDIA has been lauded for its remarkable overall economic growth of over 8% over the last five years. But despite this high and relatively …
