Over 1.31 million hectares of the cultivated area have been destroyed by floods in the four provinces and Azad Kashmir, according to the preliminary rapid damage assessment carried out by the United Nations.

According to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday, the highest loss was recorded in Punjab where about 661,637 hectares of land with standing crops wer

Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai September 2, 2010, 0:41 IST

Global cereal consumption is set to surpass production for the first time in three years due to the impact of the periodic climatic behaviour known as El Nino, which brought floods in one part of the world and drought on another.

Data compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations show world cereal output w

BHUBANESWAR: In 2004, the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE) had predicted that the State had potential to attract FDI worth $ 40 billion in view of its huge bauxite, iron ore and coking coal reserves.

Interestingly, the big ticket investments like Posco, Mittal etc queued up into Orissa from 2005.

The world is vocal in unison today that there is a gradual shift of power from West to East; and India and China are the growth drivers in the eastern region.

Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai July 09, 2010, 0:48 IST

India is unlikely to be impacted by the new melamine and aflatoxin limit set by the UN Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), a body run jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation.

The maximum amount of melamine allowed in powdered infant formula is 1 mg/kg and the amount of the chemical allowed in other foods and animal feed is 2.5 mg/kg, according to the new ruling from the United Nations

A higher level of performance in agriculture is necessary but not a sufficient condition to reduce malnutrition, say Ashok Gulati, T Nanda Kumar & Ganga Shreedhar