Agriculture

Farmers on holiday

Andhra farmers shun growing paddy this kharif in absence of buyers, storage space. Analysts say this perhaps the first time in the countyr that paddy farmers have resorted to such a drastic step, that too in a green revolution belt.

Publication Date: 
15/07/2011
M Suchitra
Down to Earth
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4
0
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Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari, Exports, Farmers, Food Policy, Food Prices, Food Storage, Green Revolution, Rice, Subsidies, West Godavari
Agriculture

Horticulture - The way ahead

In India, the horticulture sector with a production of over 230 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables over an area of 20 million hectares is currently a significant contributor to agricultural GDP of the country. But its contribution to farmer's income, livelihood, nutrition, export earnings, ecology and equity does not get the prominence it deserves because our political discourse and economic commentary are geared to 'meta narrative' of food security, minimum support price and PSS for wheat, rice, pulses and oilseeds.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2011
Sanjeev Chopra
Think India
14
3
230-237
Tags:
Horticulture, India, Legislation, Finance, Farmers, Food Storage, Food Supply, Food Policy, Agriculture
Agriculture

Decentralized panchayat warehouses: A multipurpose measure for food security with huge externalities

Among the missing or grossly inadequate infrastructure support facilities for the rural economy, particularly for enabling its farming segment to attain healthy growth, highly conspicuous inadequacy of warehouses in the rural areas capable of providing safe and sound storage for the farm would surely ranks high.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2011
Kamal Nayan Kabra
Panchayati Raj Update
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7
1-2
Tags:
Panchayats, Food Security, Food Storage, India, Farmers
Food Policy

40 lakh tonne grain storage capacity to be added by 2012: MoS

Against the backdrop of reports of rotting foodgrains across the country, the Government on Wednesday claimed it is taking all the measures to address the storage capacity concerns.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, KV Thomas said his Ministry has taken initiatives to create additional food grain storage capacity which include 152.97 lakh tonne c

Publication Date: 
30/06/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Crops, Food Storage, India, Food Security, Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution
Food Policy

Food security bill likely to push up grain procurement

New Delhi Grain procurement by the government could see a quantum jump in coming years if the proposed Food Security Bill, which assures distribution of subsidised grain to large section of population, is enacted.

Food minister KV Thomas on Wednesday said the annual foodgrain procurement could reach more than 60 million tonne from the current level of 40 million tonne.

Correspondingly, the g

Publication Date: 
30/06/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies, Food Prices, Food Storage, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Wheat, Rice
Food Policy

Procure more or face shortage, FCI tells govt

While the record wheat procurement this year has made the government realise the need to have more storage capacity, a projection for the implementation of the proposed food security law in the last two years of the UPA-II indicates that the government stocks may fall well below buffer norms at the time of next general elections in April 2014.

An estimate of food grain budget submitted by the F

Publication Date: 
29/06/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies, Food Storage, India
Agriculture

Power cuts hit cold storage facilities

Disruption in power supply and lack of awareness among the farmers have made the existing cold storage facilities of the State ineffective, despite there being a growing demand from the farming community and the intelligentsia for more such facilities. The State has so far two cold storage facilities.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Food Storage, Power Transmission, Energy, Guwahati, Kamrup
Agriculture

Crisis looms as grain godowns overflow

New Delhi: India could be facing a crisis soon if immediate steps are not taken to ease the burden on godowns bulging with grain stocks as the current storage capacity of 62.8 million tonnes may prove inadequate, officials say.

Publication Date: 
20/06/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Storage, Agriculture, Bihar, Food Security, Farmers
Food Policy

States not lifting grain, Centre faces storage crunch

A good monsoon and bumper wheat harvest is in sight, but the Food Ministry seems worried.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Storage, Food Policy, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies, India, Exports, Agriculture
Food Policy

Centre seeks States' views on Food Security Bill

Gearing for the challenge of implementing the proposed Food Security Bill, Union Minister of State for Food and Public Distribution K.V. Thomas has decided to hold a conference of Chief Ministers to seek their views and cooperation.

Mr. Thomas toldThe Hindu that he had made a presentation of the proposed Bill to Defence Minister A.K.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2011
K. Balchand
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Planning Commission, Ministry Of Agriculture, Food Storage

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