Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
CHENNAI: The worrisome trends in global hunger, exacerbated by high food prices, must be tackled with a multi-pronged strategy to increase small farm productivity and profitability, raise non-farm incomes and strengthen nutrition safety nets, M.S.Swaminathan, chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, said. Outlining his strategies, Prof. Swaminathan said it …
The severe food insecurity gripping Orissa for decades has scaled new heights this year, thanks to an abnormal rise in prices of food items coupled with a devastating flood affecting 60 percent of the districts. The need for direct government intervention has become all the more urgent as inflated prices …
In an effort to avoid a food crisis as the population grows, China is putting its weight behind genetically modified strains of the country's staple food crop. Jane Qiu explores the reasons for the unprecedented push.
Rarely has the World Food Day assumed greater meaning than in present times, as rapidly rising food prices risk increasing the number of hungry in the world,' according to the Food And Agriculture Organization (FAO). FAO was founded in 1945 on the 16th of October - a day which is …
Sri Lanka government said yesterday that it plans to send convoys every week carrying 750- metric tons of food to the uncleared areas of the Wanni as 29 of the 51 trucks in the first convoy already reached the destinations and unloaded their shipment. Addressing a media briefing yesterday, Secretary …
FOR THE PEOPLE: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests S. Regupathy, right, inaugurating the sale of spices and condiments at subsidised rates through a fair price shop in Nagapattinam on Friday. NAGAPPATTINAM: The DMK government was committed to removing hunger irrespective of the cost involved, Union Minister of …
Cuban markets offered a dwindling selection of food and a growing expanse of empty shelves on Wednesday as food shortages the government warned about after hurricanes Gustav and Ike became increasingly evident. The shortages were exacerbated in the Cuban capital when shipments from food suppliers slowed in a conflict with …
M.S. Swaminathan Achieving the goal of nutrition security for all Indians will need a fusion of political will and action, professional skill, and peoples
WARM GREETINGS: Governor Surjit Singh Barnala and Union Minister T.R. Baalu at a seminar in Chennai. CHENNAI: The Centre is proposing to set up a dedicated
The world food crisis, rapidly defined by those in power as a problem of insufficient production, has become a trojan horse to get corporate seeds, fertilisers and, surreptitiously, market systems into poor countries. As past experience shows, what looks like
Food supply is an issue for millions of people worldwide facing soaring market prices, impacts of climate change on food harvests, and other agricultural problems. With the world population estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, problems of food security demand significant advances in agricultural productivity and competitiveness. The IAEA …
Contract farming is emerging as an important form of vertical coordination in the agrifood supply chain in India, and its socioeconomic consequences are attracting considerable attention in public policy debates. This study is an empirical assessment of the costs and benefits of contract farming in milk using information generated through …
Agriculture in developing countries was transformed when scientists met aid officials and convinced them to invest in research. Lowell S. Hardin was there, and believes today's food crisis demands a similar vision.
Mihir Shah Any anti-poverty programme will work only if it leads to an end to dependence on doles. To end this dependence, sustainable livelihoods must be created for the poor. Anti-poverty programmes will work only if they lead to sustainable livelihoods and end dependence on doles. This requires stronger people
It is not fit for consumption. When the rice is boiled, a foul smell emanates, which makes one nauseous, says farmer Tirunelveli A GROUP of farmers from Ooththumalai in Tirunelveli district came to the Collectorate here on Friday to return the rice purchased from ration shops under the 1 kg …
A pitiable harvest this year has left small farmers all over central and northern Afghanistan facing hunger, and aid officials are warning of an acute food shortage this winter for nine million Afghans, more than a quarter of the population. The crisis has been generated by the harshest winter in …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to issue 35 kg of wheat per month to all 12.98 lakh below poverty line (BPL) families and three litres of kerosene per month to all 10 lakh above poverty line (APL) families which do not have gas connections. The rates of …
