Agriculture

National project on climate resilient agriculture launched

The National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project was launched at Vadavathur village, Erumapatti block, Namakkal district recently.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Namakkal (D), Climate Change, Agriculture, Development, Fodder, Agricultural Research
Agriculture

ICAR seeks Rs 5,000 cr for transgenic seeds R&D in pulses

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sought funds to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore for research and development of transgenic seeds in pulses.

Publication Date: 
06/08/2011
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Seeds, Agricultural Research, Agriculture, Rice, China, GM Crops, Food Crops
Agriculture

Agricultural progress and poverty reduction: synthesis report

Achieving the Millennium Development Goal to halve global poverty by 2015 looks increasingly likely, although many countries may fall far short of this goal.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Joe Dewbre, Dalila Cervantes-Godoy, Silvia Sorescu
OECD
Tags:
Agriculture, Poverty, Economic Development, Development, Agricultural Research, Food Prices, India, Global

Women’s economic empowerment to foster food security: case studies from developing countries

This booklet is written as an inspiration for policymakers in government, business and civil society who are working to foster sustainable food security. It contains several case studies of women’s economic empowerment in developing countries, and sheds light on the bottlenecks women face in producing, processing, preparing and trading food.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Tags:
Food Security, Women, Developing Countries, Economic Development, Land Ownership, Private Sector, Agricultural Research, Nutrition, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Agriculture

REDD+ and agriculture: a cross-sectoral approach to REDD+ and implications for the poor

The paper outlines the linkages between forests and agriculture, and the need for REDD+ to effectively address the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation from the agriculture sector.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Kristy Graham, Raffaele Vignola
REDD-net
Tags:
REDD, Agriculture, Forests, Deforestation, Agroforestry, Developing Countries, Agricultural Research, Ecosystem Services
Agriculture

States are sowing seeds of discontent with hybrid maize

DIFFERENT STATE governments are falling over each other in their haste to get into large-scale public private partnerships (PPPs, with some minor variations emerging in states like Odisha, as publi

Publication Date: 
30/07/2011
Kavitha Kuruganti
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maize, Orissa (Odisha), Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Food Security, Agricultural Research
Agriculture

‘Science’ in the risk politics of Bt Brinjal

Drawing on the literature on controversies, especially on the health risk assessment of genetically modified organisms in Europe, and long-standing debates in science and technology studies, this article argues that science-based risk assessment has inherent limitations, however rigorous, independent, and peer reviewed the work may be. In this context, the debate on Bt brinjal needs to broaden its frame from science-based assessment of consequences to evaluate society-oriented causes and objectives. We need to ask questions such as: What kind of society do we wish to live in?

Publication Date: 
30/07/2011
Esha Shah
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Bt Brinjal, Biosafety, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Health Effects, Mahyco, Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Research, GMOs, GM Crops
Agriculture

Award conferred to scientists

A Subba Rao, Director and his associate K Sammi Reddy, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, jointly conferred prestigious 'Hari Om Ashram Trust Award 2008-09'.

They received a cash award of `1,00,000 and a citation from Union Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar on July 16, 2011 at New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Soil Science, Soil Capability, Scientists, Awards, Bhopal (D), Research Agencies, Wheat, Soyabean
Agriculture

This Decade for Agriculture

As India celebrates two decades of economic reform, agriculture remains a laggard despite its potential
July is a month when we need to remind ourselves how reforms have changed India since 1991, from vulnerability to resilience, whether to external shocks (say, oil) or internal ones (droughts).

In 2009, we witnessed the worst drought since 1972, yet the agricultural growth rate stayed positiv

Publication Date: 
22/07/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Basmati Rice, Agricultural Research, Agriculture, India, Legumes
Agriculture

Ensuring food security: 'Pakistan can take advantage of Chinese experience

Pakistan can take advantage of Chinese experience to ensure food security as China is feeding around 21 percent of world population by just bringing four percent of the total global area under crops.

Publication Date: 
19/07/2011
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, China, Food Security, Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Seeds, Solar Energy

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