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 …
The climatic, edaphic and socio-economic diversity of the Indian crop production scene is dotted with many cropping patterns and systems. The cropping systems considered to be major contributors to the national food baskets are rice-wheat, rice-rice, pearl-millet-wheat, sorghum-wheat, maize-wheat and systems, where land was kept fallow either in Kharif or …
International cereal prices (in US dollar terms) have been increasing since 2003, but it is domestic prices that affect food consumption and production. This report analyzes, for seven large Asian countries, the extent to which domestic prices have increased since 2003 and presents several conclusions. First, the data show that …
Food prices are soaring, a wealthier Asia is demanding better food and farmers cannot keep up. In short, the world faces a food crisis and in some places it is already boiling over. Around the globe, people are protesting and governments are responding with often counterproductive controls on prices and …
The recent spike in global food prices and the short-sighted policy responses that accentuate volatility in prices threaten to push large numbers of people back below the poverty line
The recent spike in global food prices and the short-sighted policy responses that accentuate volatility in prices threaten to push large numbers of people back below the poverty line
Output Not Growing Any More, Per Capita Production Down To 70s Levels. Surging foodgrain prices and worsening global supplies are now bringing the domestic food crisis to the boil. The crisis has been building up for some time
the Save Grain campaign, initiated 43 years ago, came to an end on February 29, 2008. The centre wanted states to take it up because agriculture is a state subject but states did not want any "added responsibility'. Finding no takers, the centre had little choice but to go with …
Riots hit several towns in Burkina Faso in late February after the government announced it would reduce taxes on imported goods rather than lowering prices of essentials. Protesters took to the streets to denounce the rising prices of basics like food, cloth and fuel, which have increased between 10 per …
The Nitish Kumar Government on Friday revised the Public Distribution System (PDS) and slashed the quota of foodgrain for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families from 35 to 25 kg and that of kerosene from four to three litre. Announcing the revision in the Assembly, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the …
Could biofuels do more damage to the climate than the fossil fuels they replace? That's the fear casting doubt on the wisdom of a law that from next month will require a certain proportion of vehicle fuel to come from biological sources.
It is clear from Budget 2008 that the UPA, instead of abandoning its neoliberal agenda in an election year, has decided to stick to it resolutely. R.V. MOORTHY Finance Minister P. Chidambaram addressing a national conference on the Union Budget organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and …
Biofuels are not only hurting poor consumers in Asia by driving up crop prices, they are also failing to help the region's farmers who have not been able to adapt their production to cash in on the boom, a United Nations report said on Thursday.
Bangladesh Bank governor Salehuddin Ahmed on Thursday said the country should prepare itself for a strong food reserve after the boro crop harvest to face any future adversities like floods. He advised the senior bankers at a meeting to lend money to emerging sectors such as ship-building and improve their …
The government has no immediate plan to import wheat as it is confident of procuring enough quantity for the buffer stock, agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar said here on Monday. "We have no immediate plan for wheat import. The condition of the wheat crop is good and the risk …
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has said that wheat would not be allowed to be sold below the support price of Rs. 1100 a quintal. From April 1, wheat would be supplied to the weaker sections at Rs. 3 a kg. The Chief Minister was speaking at Manawar …
Eco's Co and 17 other supermarket operators in the Kanto region are aiming to establish what would be one of the largest food recycling systems in Japan. The 18 firms, mainly midsize and smaller players in the domestic supermarket industry, are already cooperating in the recycling of unsold foods. They …
Water (either from the sky or the irrigation canal) is often a key factor in determining crop yields, squeezing more crop out of the same drop will be central to one of the biggest challenges of this century: sustainably feeding a population of perhaps 9 billion people in a climate-changed …
In what is reportedly the biggest raid ever conducted in the capital by the Food and Civil Supplies department, 11,600 bags of rice, each weighing 50 kg, were uncovered from a godown in Alipur. The bags were hoarded by a black marketeer who was pilfering supplies meant for the poor …
The grassy sweep of the Lamar Valley in the northeastern corner of this park is famous for its wildlife, especially its vast herds of elk and bison and the wolves that hunt them. Grizzly Bears Poised to Make a Comeback, (May 30, 2000) But while walking across the Lamar last …
A food crisis is looming in the Wanni District with reports that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has not given the approval for the transportation of essential food items into Kilinochchi for the public who were trapped in the rebel controlled areas. The Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC), in its …
