Fr. Cedric Prakash

Arecent visit by Supreme Court-appointed Justice Wadhwa Committee to Gujarat highlighted the state of food insecurity among the poor and marginalized of this

Dealing with the prospect of food shortages in the next 40 years is a bigger problem than climate change, Australian academic Julian Cribb said on Monday.

An adjunct professor at University of Technology in Sydney, Mr. Cribbs outlined his concerns to the country

Satish Shile, Oct 12, DHNS, Talamari (Raichur district):

Talamari and Kukatanur, flood-hit villages on the banks of the River Tungabhadra, are just five kilometres apart and are in two different states. But in terms of flood relief works carried out by the respective governments (Talamari is in Karnataka, while Kukatanur is in Andhra Pradesh), the two could well be miles apart.

Jacques Diouf

Riding on the momentum generated by the recent food crisis to focus on longer term challenges, some 300 top international experts will meet at FAO in Rome on October 12 and 13 to figure out how to make sure we have enough to eat 40 years from now.

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United Nations: With over 1 billion people going to bed hungry, the United Nations has warned that the hunger index is rising and appealed to governments and civil societies to

Sept. 23: The deficient rainfall has turned 50 lakh acres of fertile fields in the state into brownish barren
swathes of land.
With the southwest monsoon coming to a close by the month-end, there is no relief possible now and food grain production is likely to be just half of what it was in 2008, with a consequent surge in prices.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has said that the implementation of the proposed National Food Security Act, without any modifications will turn out to be detrimental for a food deficit state like Kerala.

He was speaking at the inauguration of the national seminar on the proposed National Food Security Act organised by the State Government here on Saturday.

RASHME SEHGAL

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