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Food Policy

India to top in livestock by 2025

Tirupati Dec. 8: Achieving nutritional food security from the livestock sector to meet the global demand for animal origin food by 2025 is the top priority of the country, said Mr N. Gokul Ram, secretary of the department of animal husbandry, government of India.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2008
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
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Livestock, Animal Products, India, Food Security
Food Policy

Poor storage threatens food security

Centre rejects Punjab

Publication Date: 
06/12/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
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Wheat, Food Storage, Punjab, Food Security
Agriculture

Five crop researchers who could change the world

The current crisis in worldwide food prices reinforces the need for more productive agriculture. Emma Marris meets five ambitious scientists determined to stop the world from going hungry.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2008
Emma Marris
Nature
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Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Plant Breeding, Food Prices, Scientists, Hong Kong, United Kingdom (UK), United States Of America (US), Australia, Food Security
Climate Change

Climate change threatens food security, says FAO

Ocean warming, frequent tropical cyclones, flash floods and droughts are likely to bring a devastating impact on food production systems in Pacific island countries, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, FAO, Food Security
Agriculture

Towards a food secure India and South Asia : making hunger history

The paper begins with a detailed analysis of the various elements of food security, then it describes the various policy and programme restructurings and interventions to meet the challenges and constraints encounted and highlights the ongoing and additional efforts needed for achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
R.B. Singh
FAO
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Agriculture, Food Supply, Nutrition, India, South Asia, Food Security
Governance And Institutions

Land, livelihoods & food security

In this article the author reviews NREGA as it is unfolding in Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh thirty-eight lakh households have registered from employment covering thirteen districts. Of this about a third are yet to receive their job cards.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
K. S. Gopal
Civil Society Voices
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Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Rural Development, Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, Panchayats, World Bank, India, Andhra Pradesh, Food Security, Corruption
Climate Change

Climate change and its impact on agriculture and food security

Agriculture and food security are among the major casualties of climate change in India. Strategies such as adopting necessary mitigation measures and reducing greenhouse gas emissions along with widespread awareness on this issue, are needed.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
K P Agrawal
Leisa India
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Agriculture, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Natural Disasters, Floods, Climate Mitigation, Energy Efficiency, Emissions Trading, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Drought, India, Food Security, Rainfall
Agriculture

Report on the state of food insecurity in rural India

This Report is an update of the Rural Food Insecurity Atlas of 2001 released by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, numerous new programmes have been initiated by the central and state governments for achieving food security in the country.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
Tags:
Food Crops, Food Policy, Nutrition, Drinking Water, Health, Women, Children, Child Health, Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Chennai, Food Security, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Agriculture
Land

Human rights and desertification

This study, conducted with the appreciated and committed participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Mr Jean Ziegler, illustrates, in the context of the 16th and 17th
session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, how human rights can and must be mainstreamed in sustainable development issues. It contains a reflection offered

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Secretariat of the UNCCD
Tags:
Environment, Ecosystems, Land Degradation, Desert Spread, Climate Change, Drought, Poverty, Human Rights, Food Security, UNCCD
Poverty

Is society living with hunger in Madhya Pradesh

Money is increasing but food plate is becoming empty in Indian States!! At least latest trends of food consumption patterns are scathing new pictures of Chronic Hunger in one of the India

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Sachin Kumar Jain
Vikas Samvad
Tags:
Nutrition, Consumption Patterns, Poverty, Madhya Pradesh, Food Security

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