Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Italy has bulldozed the United Nations into agreeing to switch a world food summit from Rome to another location, probably elsewhere in Italy, which can be defended from anti-globalisation protests. The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, made a surprise climbdown at the weekend only days after insisting it would be …
According to laws in both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, a sandalwood tree is a state property and the government has exclusive rights over its harvest, selling and movement. "Since local people do not get any benefits from these trees, they do not take interest in its protection," says Madhav Gadgil …
Despite being more expensive than conventionally grown crops, there is a growing preference for organic farming products, especially in the West and China. The primary reason seems to be their potential to push back genetically modified (GM) products. There is little hard evidence as to whether food produced by organic …
A review of the works under the World Food Programme in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh would be done following an inspection by Mr JJ Gracy, the Assistant Executive Director of the programme. The delegation will also inspect the anganwadi centres and will stress upon bringing them under the child …
The coffee output in Brazil has been below 30 million 60-kg bags because of the severe drought. However, officials said that it is very early to fully quantify the loss. "Whatever we are seeing in the coffee harvest in Brazil is very serious. We have calculated that 65 per cent …
japanese traders have recently bought corn and soybeans grown exclusively from non-genetically modified (gm) seeds, at premiums roughly 40-50 per cent higher than those for mixed gm and gm crops. "Japanese food companies will start receiving non- gm corn deliveries from the us in November. The volume of imports of …
the European Union (eu) has supported the compulsory labelling of genetically-modified (gm) ingredients that contain even more than one per cent of gm organisms. But experts feel that the move does not allay the consumers' fear of gm food. The move was also sharply criticised by environmental campaigners, who say …
IN OCTOBER 1995, a study about the future of the industrialised world created a great deal of interest as well as controversy. The publishers of the book were the church-based relief association, Misereor, and the environment protection group, Bund. These organisations do not normally issue public statements. However, making a …
'Food Aid Reduces Poverty' published in Dhaka provided an insight into the specific value of food assistance as a tool to promote people oriented development for improving household food security in a substantial way in Bangladesh. Published by the WFP in Dhaka as part of its series of other publications, …
A little over five years after the passage of a series of sweeping legislation that paved the way for private and foreign participation on hydropower development, the Nepal government is now taking measures to amend some of those laws "to meet the challenges of the future".
Direct food aid once reaches a rural Bangladesh household is most likely to be taken care of by a female, whereas additional cash will be certainly managed by a male. Food aid thus has the intrinsic virtue of expanding women's power over household resources. A study by the International Food …
attitudes towards urban farming in Zimbabwe have been changing of late. Its potential to alleviate economic and environmental problems is being realised. Urban farming is the production of crops and the keeping of livestock on land that is administratively and legally zoned for urban uses. Although it has a relatively …
a number of international organisations are working towards beefing up food security by creating awareness among consumers. "All future agricultural research, policies and trade opportunities must be anchored to the concepts of availability of quality and nutritious food at an affordable price to all," says a statement issued by Consumers …
On India's goal of achieving food security: We are confident of providing food security. Currently, the growth rate of foodgrain production is 2.8 per cent as against two per cent population growth. Current concerns centre more around the access to food; it is more of a socioeconomic problem rather than …
AN ACTION plan has been prepared for imposing controls on the European Union's (EU) food market. The European Commission (EC) has decided to set up a food and veterinary office (FVO) in Ireland. The Fvo will be responsible for food safety in the EU countries. Emma Bonino, who was made …
The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) organised the Third Agricultural Science Congress in collaboration with the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, Punjab, on March 12. The three-day-long seminar which concluded on March 15, discussed the changing aspects of agriculture over the past 50 years and emphasised the need to …
RELEASED at the Food Summit in Rome in November 1996, the book presents a disturbing account of India's agricultural production status and mismanagement of resources by the government. The book, which gives a historical account of agricultural production in India till date, focuses on the faulty planning and practices which …
A 2.33 millioan-year-old human jaw was discovered late last year on a barren slope at Hadar in northern Ethiopia. An international team of American, Ethiopian and Israeli scientists which found the new maxilla, announced that it is possibly the "oldest securely dated Homo'. But the team said that more fossils …
The beleaguered people of Central Africa are in for more trouble. The Food and Agricultural Organization ( fao ) has warned that the strife-torn countries in this region will have to increase their food production up to sevenfold by the year 2050 to feed its people. Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi …
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of an Institution for standardisation, testing, metrology, quality control, grading and marking of goods.
