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 …
It is evident that there have been some significant changes in the food consumption basket. The latest National Sample Survey data for 2009-10 (66th Round) show a further shift away from food to non-food items in all expenditure categories across both rural and urban areas. This analysis of changes across …
For a sprawling state with 11 agro-climatic regions, Madhya Pradesh has set for itself an ambitious target of 10 per cent growth in agriculture — its backbone that accounts for nearly one-quarter of the state GDP. The state’s optimism stems from its record production of wheat, soybean, rice and gram …
Bhopal : Driven by this year’s record rainfall and increased cultivation area of wheat, pulses and other crops, Madhya Pradesh’s agriculture growth is likely to cross 10% this fiscal. Beating extreme weather conditions, MP clocked 9% agricultural growth, surpassing the national average of 0.04% in 2009. The state achieved the …
KOCHI: The National Food Security Bill will be presented in the Budget session of Parliament, said Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs K V Thomas. At a press conference in Kochi on Monday, Thomas said that the Union Government plans to keep a two-year buffer food stock. …
This report presents the information on nutritional intake by the Indian population. Among the different nutrients only three nutrients – viz, calorie, protein and fat – are discussed in this report. The report gives an idea about intake of these nutrients in different monthly per capital expenditure classes from different …
The State government has sanctioned nearly Rs. 470 crore towards the extension of the special public distribution system, under which pulses, edible oil and other condiments are given at subsidised prices. The tenure of the special PDS is to expire on Saturday (December 31). The supply of pulses and other …
New Delhi The agriculture sector performed exceedingly well in 2011, with record grain production of over 240 million tonnes giving enough leeway for the government to lift a ban on exports of wheat and non-basmati rice and introduce the food security bill in Parliament. Farmers’ long-standing demand for crop loans …
Standing wheat crop has come under termite attack in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where rainwater is used for irrigation purposes, according to officials of Directorate of Agriculture Extension. The attack was feared to attain serious proportions, said a senior official, in case the ongoing dry spell in the province …
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations estimates that Pakistan’s rice production is expected to be around 9.7 million tons this year despite devastations caused by floods and heavy rains in major parts of the country. Despite floods, damage to paddy crop has been moderate and national paddy …
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive programme for wheat cultivation in the district during the current season. A DAE source said a total of 29, 694 hectares of land brought under wheat cultivation in the current season with a target to produce 91, 544 metric tons …
Decentralisation of food procurement could facilitate universalisation of the public distribution system under the proposed National Food Security Act. Non-green revolution crops such as millets, coarse cereals, pulses, oilseeds, etc, should also be covered in the PDS.
The landmark Food Security Bill, that gives legal right to cheaper foodgrains to 63.5 per cent of the country's population, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Considered to be the world's largest experiment in providing food security to poor, the Bill was introduced by Food Minister K. V. …
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday expressed her “strong opposition” to the draft Food Security Bill, 2011 and urged the Centre to exempt Tamil Nadu from the purview of the Bill. In her letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said the proposed Bill was replete with “confusion and inaccuracy.” The …
New Delhi India lost as much as 8,00,000 hectare of arable land to non-farm usage, including the construction of buildings, roads and railways, in the five years through 2008-09, the government said on Tuesday, as an expanding economy has put pressure on the key natural resource to keep its growth …
Bhopal : Animal Husbandry Minister Shri Ajay Vishnoi has said that now the farmers will not have to wait for days at Mandi or society for selling wheat on support price. Every farmer will be called to the procurement venue on fixed date, wheat will be procured from him and …
The controversial targeted National Food Security Bill, which got the nod of the Union Cabinet on Sunday, is a pet project of United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi. However, the recommendation made for near-universalisation by the National Advisory Council chaired by Ms. Gandhi, was set aside by the government. To …
– India's federal cabinet Sunday approved a draft law on food security aimed at providing low-priced staples -- mainly rice and wheat -- to roughly two-thirds of the country's 1.2 billion people. "The Cabinet has decided to introduce the [draft law] in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament," Food …
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s move to stall decision on the National Food Security Bill by writing a letter to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh just on the eve of the Cabinet meeting appears to have been more for political reasons than any serious objections. Sources in the food …
New Delhi After the Cabinet deferred a decision on the National Food Security Bill, 2011, on Tuesday due to lack of consensus on the issue, food minister KV Thomas on Wednesday said the Cabinet may discuss the proposed legislation on Sunday. “A special Cabinet meeting is scheduled for Sunday, where …
New Delhi The ambitious Food Security Bill of the UPA government was on Tuesday deferred by the Cabinet, apparently spooked by the huge financial commitment it entailed. With every economic indicator plummeting and the GDP growth rate for 2012-13 expected to be only about 6%, it was decided to hold …
