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 Burden of beast

Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
R V Singh
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Animal Care, Animal Breeding, Animal Feed, Animal Diseases, Camel, Endangered Species, Transport, Africa, India, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Food Security
Fisheries

 Fishy depictions

Exaggerated reporting about fish catches has painted a false picture of the oceans health

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Down to Earth
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Fisheries, Fisherfolk, Governance, China, Global, Food Security
Climate Change

Climate change and agricultural vulnerability

The methodology and results reported in this study form a first comprehensive and integrated global ecological

Publication Date: 
01/01/2002
Gunther Fischer, Mahendra Shah, Harrij van Velthuizen
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
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Forests, Land Use, Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Multicrop Systems, Legumes, Food Supply, Malnutrition, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Trade, Climate Impacts, Consumption Patterns, Statistics, Food Security
Biodiversity

 Fruitful deliberations

Two global meetings chart a course for weeding out biopiracy

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Hans-dieter Sohn
Down to Earth
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Plant Breeding, Food Crops, Canada, WTO, Traditional Knowledge, Drug Industry, Biodiversity, Genetic Resources, Genetic Engineering, Patents, NGO, Iran, Norway, United States Of America (US), Australia, Argentina, Developing Countries, Food Security
Health

Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 28/11/2001

Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 28/11/2001 in the matter of People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs
Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date: 
28/11/2001
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Mid-Day Meal Programme, Nutrition, Child Health, Food Supply, Food Security, Government Of India (GOI), Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Supreme Court
Natural Disasters

 Down the drain

The recently launched food for work programme may not ensure local food security

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
Down to Earth
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Starvation, Rural Development, Government Of India (GOI), Food Security
Health

  Hungry for research

Child starvation could increase unless research is improved

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
Down to Earth
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Agricultural Research, Food Policy, Malnutrition, Starvation, Health, Children, World Bank, Africa, Asia, China, Global, Developing Countries, Food Security
India

  Food for thought

Newspapers come replete with news of starvation deaths while stocks go waste in government storage houses. Food scarcity in India is a more a human-made problem that one brought upon by nature's

Publication Date: 
Saturday, September 29, 2001
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Environment, Starvation, Food Storage, India, Food Security, Agriculture
India

 Solving poverty

Gurdev S Khush is the principal plant breeder in the Plant breeding, genetics and biochemistry division of the International Rice Research Institute IRRI in the Philippines. His contribution to the global food security has e

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
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Plant Breeding, Rice, Malnutrition, Health Effects, Poverty, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Philippines, India, Developing Countries, Food Security
India

 The truth of grains

The recent starvation deaths in Orissa have thrown up a more fundamental question that of local food security.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
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Food Supply, Starvation, Food Storage, Water Conservation, India, Orissa (Odisha), Food Security

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