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 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
India

 Keep on the grass

Alpine pastures are

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
Anju Sharma
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Grasslands, Mountains, Alps, Agriculture, Legumes, Animal Feed, Milk Products, Food Policy, Farmers, Grasses, Tourism, Subsidies, GATT, Switzerland, India, Food Security
India

 Who is protected?

The Lok Sabha passed Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Bill with complete amendments on August 9, 2001, twenty months after it was first moved in the Parliament.

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14/09/2001
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Plant Breeding, Seeds, Farmers, Biodiversity, GATT, Legislation, Human Rights, Parliament, Community Groups, India, Food Security
Energy

 STARVATION AMIDST PLENTY

The Supreme Court has directed six drought-prone states to reopen closed public distribution shops. The court's directive was given in response to a lawsuit filed by the People's Union for Civil

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Starvation, Legislation, Supreme Court, Food Security
Climate Change

 Stilted against South

Climate change could rob developing nations of its food security

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Agriculture, Climate Change, Global Warming, Environmental Science, Developing Countries, Food Security, Crops
Fisheries

 UNITED NATIONS

A UN commission has agreed on setting up, for the first time, global principles for assessing the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, a division of the World

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Seeds, Genetic Resources, Genetic Engineering, UN, Food Security
Food Policy

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding the issue of food security in India, 23/07/2011

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs Union of India & Ors dated 23/07/2001 regarding the issue of food security in India.

Judgement Date: 
23/07/2001
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Food Security, India, Supreme Court, Food Supply, Government Of India (GOI)
India

 Should children drink beer?

A campaign against dairy products has been launched by an overzealous NGO

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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Livestock, Milk Products, Children, NGO, India, Food Security

 Spreading message

Increasing water harvesting and water conservation is the only way to ensure food security

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Anil Agarwal
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Land Degradation, Agriculture, Animal Care, Water Resources, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Economic Development, Poverty, FAO, Africa, Asia, Switzerland, Cuba, India, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 Cereal killer

By promotong rice over coarse grains, the government is promoting food scarcity and defeciency of micronutrients among India’s most malnourished sections

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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Deccan Plateau, Dryland Farming, Food Crops, Rice, Wheat, Food Supply, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Economy, Farmers, Finance, NGO, India, Karnataka, Punjab, Food Security, Crops

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