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The World Bank (WB) will assist Bangladesh in building modern silos and food warehouses to increase stock and ensure food security in the country.

The WB would also continue its cooperation in renovating the storehouses at upazila level. It has also expressed willingness to cooperate in social security programmes.

Dasuya(Hoshiarpur): After pioneering Green Revolution in India, Punjab is ready with the state

Climate change is affecting foodgrain production.

The prospect of a serious shortage of foodgrains looms large over Karnataka. The Economic Survey, 2008-09, has predicted that foodgrain production in the state will fall short of the 125.25 lakh tonnes target set for 2008-09 by at least 16.48 lakh tonnes. The deficit in production of cereals alone is expected to be around 13 lakh tonnes.

The paper broadly examines the core trade interests of the EU and India, the content of the negotiations and outlines some key concerns of a potential deal for India in the areas of goods, services and investments, intellectual property rights and government procurement.

The small farmers of Central Himalayan region are achieving high level of diversification through rotation of pure crops in space and time, and through mixed cropping systems. The system with a potential to feed the hill population and conserve natural resources, requires serious attention from the policy makers, to survive.

Hill farming system involves diverse crops and their varieties, medicinal plants, forest species, practiced by the Adi tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. These tribal farmers are conserving biodiversity and meeting the food, balanced nutrition and health benefits from this farming system.

The past few months have seen unprecedented turmoil in worldwide financial markets. With the global economy in a recession and the decreased price of oil, many may be wondering what the future holds for biofuels.

Diversity is being lost rapidly both in nature and culture,
including agriculture. But, all is not lost yet. Realising the benefits and also as a reliable option in fragile ecosystems, communities are still nurturing diversity. This article highlights issues, available and potential options as well as barriers.

In 1999, Aspen and David Edge bought Semilla Besada, a 12 hectare farm in southern Spain, with the intention of re-establishing its family farming tradition. They faced various challenges: the dryland environment, lack of markets and little social support.

When biofuels emerged on the global scene, they were regarded as the final answer to our dependence on fossil fuels and our climate change concerns. But over the last couple of years, biofuels have uncovered another face

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