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Rotting foodgrain rattles govt aggressive measures will be taken To increase Storage Capacity In Next 2-3 Years: Govt In Parliament

 ACKNOWLEDGING that the rotting foodgrain was

Publication Date: 
11/08/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Storage, Food Security, Food Policy, India, Parliament, Food Supply, Ministry Of Agriculture
Food Policy

Scheme that endangers food security of poor

BHUBANESWAR: The Rs 2-a-kg rice scheme was launched by the Orissa Government to ensure food security to the poor.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Food Security, Poverty, Orissa (Odisha), Rice, Food Supply, Rural Poverty, Rural Development
Poverty

Behind the success story of universal PDS in Tamil Nadu

S. Vydhianathan and R.K. Radhakrishnan

Technological interventions, innovative and fool-proof delivery mechanisms, constant reviews and fixing responsibility at each level ensure that an effective delivery system is in place.

Rice at Re.1 a kg is an essential part of Tamil Nadu's Public Distribution System.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Supply, Food Policy, Tamil Nadu, Poverty, Food Security
Food Policy

Knowledge-sharing a key to global food security

Shyam Ranganathan

CHENNAI: Interdependence and knowledge-sharing are keys to global food security, and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is the only legally binding treaty that promotes this, according to Xuan Li, Treaty Support Officer.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Climate Change, Agriculture
Food Policy

Punjab loses rice worth Rs 450 cr to moisture: CAG

NEW DELHI: Punjab lost rice worth Rs 450 crore, more than that of neighbour Haryana, between 2003 and 2008 as the state's procurement far exceeded storage capacity, leading to loss of moisture in the food grain, says a CAG report.

Publication Date: 
10/08/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Agriculture, Rice, Food Security, Food Storage
Agriculture

Challenges of soil quality of Indian soils vis--vis food security

Soil quality (SQ) is the capacity of a specific kind of a soil to function, within natural and managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and support human health and habitation.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2010
S. Chand
Current Science
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Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Soil Capability, Land Use, Soil Science, Land Degradation, Agricultural Inputs
Wildlife

The Global Tiger Recovery Program - Initial Draft

Following the decision of the Pre-Tiger Summit Partners Dialogue meeting (Bali, Indonesia, July 12-14, 2010), an initial draft of the program underpinning efforts to help wild tigers recover and double in population over the next twelve years was released on July 31 by the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) Secretariat for feedback from Tiger Range Countries, other GTI partners, and interested stake

Publication Date: 
09/08/2010
Global Tiger Initiative
Tags:
Wildlife, Ecosystem Services, India, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, Nepal, Watershed Development, Food Security, Poverty, Poaching, Protected Area Conservation, Wildlife And People, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, South Asia
Food Policy

The right side of the food security debate

There is an interesting debate on food security and we should get the Planning Commission

Publication Date: 
09/08/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Poverty
Food Policy

Something Is Rotten

The poor stare vacantly as a food-surplus nation lets its stock spoil in the open

Systemic Failure

* Despite record procurement, poor storage has led to a criminal waste of grain
* 61,000 tonnes of grain rotted as it was left in the open during the monsoon
* The FCI had shut down storage facilities after low procurement in 2006-07
* The plan for decentralised storage fac

Publication Date: 
08/08/2010
Outlook (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Food Policy, Subsidies, Food Security
Agriculture

Fires in Russia, wheat production, and volatile markets: Reasons to panic?

Recent events in Russia, one of the largest suppliers of wheat in the
world, have raised concern about the current and future price of wheat
and wheat-based products. This article briefly examines the issue and
determines if there is in fact cause for serious alarm.

Publication Date: 
05/08/2010
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Agriculture, Drought, Wheat, Food Security, Forest Fires, Food Supply, Food Prices, India, Exports

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