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 …
Punjab appeared to be set to create a record of sorts as the State Government on Friday claimed that procurement of wheat by various official agencies had already exceeded the target of 80 lakh tonnes fixed by the Union Government. An official release quoting a spokesman of the State Government …
The Union government has crossed the wheat procurement target of 150 lakh tonnes this rabi, and hopes to lift about 180 lakh tonnes for the Public Distribution System, which will be the highest in five years. This will not only ease the supply-side constraints, but also have a salutary effect …
There was, last week, a glimmer of hope in the world food crisis. Expecting a bumper harvest, Ukraine relaxed restrictions on exports. Overnight, global wheat prices fell by 10 percent. By contrast, traders in Bangkok quote rice prices around $1,000 a ton, up from $460 two months ago. Such is …
Agriculture holdings in Jammu and Kashmir like the rest of country are found in many parcels dispersed in several places all over the village and even sometimes beyond village boundaries. Parcelization of holdings is considered as negatively correlated to productivity. It hampers full and proper utilization of land.
concerns over a possible attack of Ug99 on wheat crops in Pakistan is soaring high. But officials in the country have said the globetrotting infectious wheat fungus has not reached croplands there. "There is no such threat now as harvesting has already begun in Sindh and Punjab provinces. However, if …
Ug99's symptoms are dark orange pustules on the stems and the leaves. Stems can be completely girdled by the pustules damaging the tissue and preventing grain fill. This can bring in yield losses of up to 70 per cent. The disease is so strong that it can even wipe out …
The Punjab Food Department has not only failed to ensure prompt supply of gunny bags to the farmers, the growers are also not getting the right price of their produce at the wheat procurement centres throughout the province due to mismanagement and negligence of the authorities concerned. The farmers, who …
As much as 39.33 lakh metric tonne of wheat has arrived in the 362 mandis of Haryana so far. The arrival of wheat is gradually picking up and the procurement of wheat has started from April one. Stating this here on Sunday, the Deputy Chief Minister, Chander Mohan said that …
Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has warned the hoarders and black marketers of strict action. He said that if PDS wheat is sold in the black market then strict action would be taken against the sellers. He told in Dhar that any kind of irregularity towards poor would not be …
Indian harvest brings cheer to world Washington: The announcement from New Delhi that India would produce a bounteous harvest of wheat (and rice) this coming summer has beaten back wheat prices to a six-month low in the US market. With the US acreage under wheat also improving under good weather …
In the backdrop of bumper wheat production estimates this year, the process of wheat procurement by the state agencies, such as the Food Corporation of India (FCI), in Uttar Pradesh has started and will continue till June 30. UP is the largest wheat producing state in the country and provides …
Decline in national wheat productivity, and stagnation of yield in the national Advanced Varietal Trials in the past decade are partly attributed to high temperature stress during the period of grain-filling. In view of the predicted global warming, terminal heat stress is likely to increase.
India, and the world, have experienced food crises before - and tackled them. Why private buyers largely kept away from wheat procurement this year, as has been reported in this newspaper, may be an interesting story. It would not be staggeringly surprising if we find out that non-market official signals …
India may be worried about smuggling of drugs, arms and ammunition and infiltration of jehadis from across the border but Pakistan seems to be more concerned at the possibility of smuggling of rice, pulses and wheat from its territory. Skyrocketing prices in India has "forced' Pakistan to send an urgent …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has given directives to the concerned departments for proper transportation and storage of wheat crop. The CM emphasised that it is necessary to procure maximum quantity of wheat on support price for ensuring success of Annapurna yojna. Under this scheme wheat is being supplied at …
Five lakh gunny bags of wheat procured by various purchase agencies are lying dumped in the grain market of Ambala city, which is causing inconvenience to farmers and the grain dealers. The grain market sealers associations are protesting against the failure of the district administration, even then, no proper arrangements …
Giving a rosy picture of things to come that should quell doubts about food security of the country, the agriculture ministry today said the country would have a record all-time production in wheat, rice, oilseeds, pulses, cotton, soya bean and even coarse cereals during 2007-08. The Third Advance Estimates of …
Despite acknowledging the fact that there is little evidence to link the price rise to futures trading, Avijit Sen panel has taken the safe route on the politically sensitive issue, and maintanied that freeze on futures trading of rice, wheat, urad and tur should continue. The draft recommendation of the …
THE world's top food trading companies are doing brisk business here as the country gears up to deal with shortages. The four biggest international grain traders
The Punjab government has released over Rs 2,000 crore to farmers of the state for wheat procured up to last week. Chief Minister said his government had fulfilled its commitment of ensuring payment within 48 hours and of lifting of their wheat immediately on arrival in mandis. The Punjab government …
