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Agriculture

 Ground realities

Foodgrain production will have to increase by 5 million tonnes every year to meet rising demand

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Aid, Sustainable Development, Food Security, Environment Management
Environment

Conflicts, agriculture and food security

Armed conflict and civil strife were major sources of food insecurity in the 1990s and will continue to be this century, although their number and the losses associated with them may have passed their peak (see Figure 13).

Publication Date: 
01/01/2000
FAO
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Conflicts, Agriculture, Food Security, Developing Countries, Asia, Africa, Food Aid, Food Prices, Food Supply, Famine
Environment

The state of food and agriculture

Armed conflict and civil strife were major sources of food insecurity in the 1990s and will continue to be this century, although their number and the losses associated with them may have passed their peak.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2000
FAO
Tags:
Conflicts, Agriculture, Food Security, Food Supply, Malnutrition, Developing Countries, Famine, Africa, Asia, Food Aid
Poverty

 One up

Monsanto wins a landmark victory in Britain

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Foods, WTO, Crop Biodiversity, Poverty, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Food Security
Natural Disasters

 Grain of truth

China will need to import foodgrain in the next 10 years

Publication Date: 
29/11/1999
Down to Earth
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Food Crops, Population, Imports, China, Food Security
India

 Beetles for breakfast !

George Brossard is a man on a crusad. To inform the world that the insects hold the key to a global food security

Publication Date: 
30/10/1999
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Insects, Research, Food Security
Industry

 Macdosa, future food

To save the world it may be necessary to create a culture where the humble samosa replaces the mighty burger

Publication Date: 
14/10/1999
Mario
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Food Crops, Animal Products, Fast Foods, Food Security
Water Resources

 Parched Punjab

India s most agriculturally prosperous state, Punjab, is staring at an impending groundwater crisis. Over extraction of groundwater and faulty cropping practices could affect India s foodgrain production

Publication Date: 
14/10/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Crops, Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Policy, Water Conservation, Water Demand, Punjab, Food Security
India

 India cannot afford organic farming

S K SINHA national professor at the Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, spoke to Manish Tiwari on food security and the future of chemical agriculture in India

Publication Date: 
14/10/1999
Mario
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Agriculture, Organic Farming, Pesticides, Food Crops, Animal Feed, Animal Products, India, Food Security
Agriculture

 A thought for food

Experience shows that agriculture benefits far more from overall macro economic reforms

Publication Date: 
14/09/1999
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Tags:
Agriculture, Population, Economic Development, Public Participation, Panchayats, Food Security

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