The report forecasts global economic growth to 2.6% in 2024, barely above the 2.5% threshold commonly associated with a recessionary phase. The report says the prevailing focus on inflation overshadows urgent issues like trade disruptions, climate change and rising inequalities. It advocates for structural reforms and coordinated global efforts, proposing …
The WTO’s Bali Ministerial Conference concluded a day later than scheduled on December 7, 2013, with agreement on a package of issues designed to streamline trade, allow developing countries more options for providing food security, boost least developed countries’ trade and help development more generally. Read full text: https://mc9.wto.org/draft-bali-ministerial-declaration
Bali : Ahead of the WTO ministerial conference, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma is trying to drum up support for India’s position on public stockholding and food security. Sharma has also expressed disappointment that many developed countries were paying only “lip service” to other serious concerns on trade and …
Achieving global food security is one of the major challenges of the coming decades. In order to tackle future food security challenges we must understand the past. This study presents a historical analysis of global food availability, one of the key elements of food security. By calculating national level dietary …
The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has been publishing its annual bulletin “Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas Statistics” since 1967 containing comprehensive information on the Oil & Gas Sector. The bulletin provides information in terms of both calendar year and financial year, to address the demands of the diverse …
The livestock wealth of India is one of the highest in world. India is the world’s largest exporter of buffalo meat and accounts for 58 per cent of the world's buffalo population. Buffalo in India contributes about 30% of total meat production in the country. However despite this potential and …
This report analyzes global prospects for fisheries and aquaculture. The World Bank Group (WBG) Agriculture Action Plan 2013-15 summarizes critical challenges facing the global food and agriculture sector. An ever-increasing global population necessitates adequate food and nutrition for the growing population through increased production and reduced waste. Production increase must …
Despite lack of agreement among negotiators on the “small package” of measures for the WTO’s Ninth Ministerial Conference in Bali, draft texts on farm trade are being sent on to ministers. Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, however, has clarified that these measures would not be presented as “agreed.” The current package had …
The Cabinet Committee on World Trade Organization on Monday will deliberate on the stand India should take in the upcoming Ninth WTO Ministerial Talks in Bali next month. Ahead of the talks, India is of the view that a watering down of the “peace clause” could help it provide higher …
The 2013 Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report shows that while the gains created by growth have been significant, the majority of poor people in many Asia-Pacific countries have often not shared in this prosperity. Inclusive regional trade- and investment-led growth is yet to be fully realized, but the 2013 Report …
Trade resistances to intra regional LCGS trade: A comparative analysis of SAFTA and AFTA - A presentation by Prerna Prabhakar and Surender Kumar at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
California governor Jerry Brown said on Thursday he plans to sign an agreement to formally align the state's climate and clean energy policies with those of Oregon, Washington state and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Brown will host the governors of the northwestern states and British Columbia's environment minister …
Officials have to be bribed to obtain consent, SHGs allege Self-help groups (SHGs) involved in brick making, as well as artisans, complain that restrictions imposed by the department of mines to control illicit sand mining are crippling their trade, a charge denied by mining officials. Curbs on clay mining under …
India will have to furnish details about its ambitious food subsidy programme and how it plans to balance it with the export of foodgrains if it wants an agreement in the Bali ministerial in December. According to officials, developed countries have sought details about the National Food Security Ordinance and …
Developing and developed countries alike need a paradigm shift in agricultural development: from a "green revolution" to a "truly ecological intensification" approach. This implies a rapid and significant shift from conventional, monoculture-based and high external-input-dependent industrial production towards mosaics of sustainable, regenerative production systems that also considerably improve the productivity …
Global energy politics - a presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director-General, CSE at "CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013" being held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
Plantation crops are high value commercial crops with greater economic importance and play a vital role in Indian economy. The major plantation crops include coconut, cashew nut, coffee, tea and rubber. Exports of tea, coffee and rubber are contributing 15 percent to the total agricultural export earnings. It is the …
The authors analyze the relationship between food security and trade, focusing on food importers’ exposure to sudden market failures from relying on a narrow range of international suppliers. They compute a bilateral import penetration index (BIPI), which gauges the degree to which a country depends on another for food imports. …
Stating that the bilateral trade potential of the two nations had not been fully tapped, Taiwan’s Ambassador to India C. K. Tien on Tuesday said both India and Taiwan should join hands in the field of IT/software, hardware, electronics, automotive components, food processing, agri-technology and education to build international brands. …
Agree on floor price for imported Chinese panels; upset European solar manufacturers mull legal action In a strategic turn of events, the European Union (EU) and China have settled the row over dumping of Chinese solar panels in the EU. They have agreed on a floor price for imported Chinese …
The government has launched an ambitious Nepal-India Regional Trade and Transport Project (NIRTTP) which is expected to considerably reduce the transport time and logistical costs for bilateral trade between the two neighbours Nepal and India and transit trade along the Kathmandu-Kolkata corridor. Funded by World Bank (WB), the $99 million …
