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Food Policy

India tops world hunger chart

With 230 Million Undernourished, It Accounts For 27% Of Global Total

New Delhi: India is failing its rural poor with 230 million people being undernourished

Publication Date: 
27/02/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Crops, Starvation, Health, India, Food Security, World Food Programme (WFP)
Health

Indias Jamals cant afford dal-roti daily

New Delhi: The child stars of Slumdog Millionaire are truly the lucky ones. Government spend on child-specific schemes has doubled in the last five years of the UPA

Publication Date: 
24/02/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Children, Child Health, NGO, Food Security, Budget
Environment

Rural sanitation improves but anaemia a concern

New Delhi: The latest report of the Food Insecurity Situation in Rural India has revealed that while the stunting in children, access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities have improved, the prevalence of anaemia has worsened in rural India.

Publication Date: 
21/02/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Rural Sanitation, Anaemia, Rural Development, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), India, Food Security

 Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it

Raman Singh

Publication Date: 
14/02/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Land Acquisition, Wasteland Development, Agriculture, Food Supply, Tribals, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Chhattisgarh, Food Security, Naxalites, Land Use

 One persons weed, anothers medicinal plant

Utility, too, lies in the eyes of the beholder THERE is a sweet irony in farm labourers earning from harvest and sale of weeds

Publication Date: 
14/02/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Weeds, Health, Medicinal Plants, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India, Food Security
Climate Change

African fisheries hit hardest by climate change

The world's poor are increasingly relying on fish, but a combination of climate change and unsustainable fishing practices could wipe out this vital protein source.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2009
New Scientist
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Food Supply, Ganga, Fisheries, El Nino, Climate Change, Glacial Melt, Africa, Bangladesh, India, Food Security
Food Policy

Ensuring food security (Editorial)

Time to rely on yield within the country
by Sucha Singh Gill

Publication Date: 
13/02/2009
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Malnutrition, Population, FAO, India, Food Security
Animal Care

Government plans cattlefeed factory

PATHANAMTHITTA: Transport Minister Mathews T Thomas has said that the State Government will set up a cattlefeed factory at Karunagappally at a cost of Rs 39 crore.

Publication Date: 
07/02/2009
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Animal Products, Dairy Development, Milk, Kerala, Food Security
Agriculture

Closed OPM infuses new life into agriculture

SAMBALPUR: The closure of Orient Paper Mills (OPM) way back in 1999 may have dealt a blow to thousands of families besides derailing the district

Publication Date: 
07/02/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Soil Resources, Agriculture, Farmers, Orissa (Odisha), Sambalpur (D), Food Security
Fisheries

Not honouring the code

Countries are not complying with the UN Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. It's time some changes were made, say Tony Pitcher, Daniela Kalikoski, Ganapathiraju Pramod and Katherine Short.

Publication Date: 
05/02/2009
Tony Pitcher, Daniela Kalikoski, Ganapathiraju Pramod & et al
Nature
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Tags:
Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Endangered Species, FAO, Global, Statistics, Food Security

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