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 …
The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Mr D. Srinivas, exuded confidence that the people would repose their faith in the Congress and bring the pro-farmer YSR government again to power in the next elections to continue the development endeavour. The PCC chief participated in a farmers' rally held in connection …
Last week the government, in an ad hoc decision, raised the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy from Rs.745 to Rs.850 per quintal for most common varieties. On the face of it, a 14 per cent hike might seem good enough, neither disheartening the farmers nor hurting the consumers. However, …
Sri Lanka must focus on maximising its production in the agriculture sector without following absurd recommendations of western advisors, Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama said. Addressing a conference at the New Town Hall, Colombo, to mark the 97th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake, …
The prices of coarse rice, lentils, edible oil and some spices increased and sugar price declined in the city in a week. Market sources said poor supply from mills and the closure of the BDR-un OMS outlets instigated the fresh round of increase in rice prices. Lentil prices increased after …
RICE farmers of Koira upazila in Khulna district are now engaged in a battle for establishing their rights. Hundreds of poor farmers have demanded immediate stoppage of leasing of government canals and water bodies to rich farmers for shrimp culture. Over 500 farmers under the banner of Action Aid FoSHoL …
It is a hard blow that will not land softly. As the Manmohan Singh government braces for the June 5 fuel shock to reflect more fully in this Friday's inflation figures, even a good monsoon may not quite rescue it from the political quagmire of high food prices and rising …
The government raised the procurement price for paddy last week, from Rs 645 per quintal for common varieties to Rs 850 per quintal. Under normal circumstances, this would have been seen as a pretty substantial increase, being almost 32 per cent, but it turned out to be less than the …
Survivors of the cyclone which ravaged Myanmar last month will soon receive rice generated by the popular UN-backed Internet game that allows players to expand their word skills while helping to feed the world's hungry. FreeRice.com, in which 20 grains of rice are donated to the UN World Food Programme …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The government on Monday came in for criticism from none other than the former Commissioner of the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP), T. Haque, who expressed the apprehension that tinkering with the recommendation of the Commission would dilute the role of the CACP and …
Colombo: Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama after a recent official visit to Thailand said that Thailand government has agreed to provide 50,000 MT of rice to Sri Lanka. The decision was taken following a discussion Minister Bogollagama held with Thailand's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. The Minister also revealed …
Kurukshetra: Taking a serious note of declining ground water level in the State, Agriculture Minister Harmohinder Singh Chattha on Saturday said if the farmers did not stop cultivating
The farmers' wings of all Opposition parties will organise blockade of roads across the State from 11 a.m. to noon on June 19 demanding a Minimum Support Price of Rs. 1,000 a quintal for paddy. The demonstration was finalised by leaders of the organisations at a meeting convened by Andhra …
The price of coarse rice has increased in the city's market in the past three days, and the Bangladesh Rifles' open market sales outlets have started selling coarse rice at Tk 30 per kg
With scattered rains in various parts of the country and increased inflow of water in the four main rivers during the past week, water availability for sowing of rice and cotton crops have improved. Earlier, there was 30 percent to 40 percent shortage of irrigation water for Kharif crops which …
Cooch Behar : More than 2,000 people had put up a road blockade and gheraoed Saheb Mohammed High School at Rashidanga in Kotwali after over 12.5 quintals of rice in sacks meant for mid-day meals were found in an adjoining pond this morning. The villagers alleged that the teachers, including …
The world will face high food prices "in the years to come", the UN food summit said yesterday, but failed to agree how the crisis could be eased. The summit, hosted by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, was called to tackle food price rises that have triggered riots in …
India is facing growing pressure from African countries to exempt them from export ban on rice implemented by New Delhi to curb domestic food price inflation. The pressure illustrates how efforts by large producers such as India to control a sharp rise in food costs are hurting poor nations and …
