Health

Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 28/11/2001

Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 28/11/2001 in the matter of People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs
Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date: 
28/11/2001
Tags:
Mid-Day Meal Programme, Nutrition, Child Health, Food Supply, Food Security, Government Of India (GOI), Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Supreme Court
Wildlife

 KENYA

In another 20 years, Africa will not have enough to eat, indicates a recent study. The study 2020 Global Food Outlook was conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute, a

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Tags:
Food Supply, Research, Africa, Kenya
India

 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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Tags:
Food Supply, Starvation, Food Storage, Water Conservation, India, Orissa (Odisha), Food Security
India

 Backtrack!

Sri Lanka suspends ban on GM food at WTO s behest

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Tags:
Food Supply, WTO, Genetic Resources, Genetic Engineering, Sri Lanka
Climate Change

 Salmon hatcheries deplete wild stocks

Introducing farmed salmon in the rivers doesn t help

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Tags:
Food Supply, Rivers, Fish, Marine Fisheries, El Nino, Environmental Science, United States Of America (US), Colombia
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
Tags:
Food Security, India, Supreme Court, Food Supply, Government Of India (GOI)
Air Pollution

 United Nations

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has proposed to set up a US $98 million fund to help the world's

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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Tags:
Food Supply, UN, FAO, UNEP
Water Pollution

 Signatory to biosafety

The Nepalese government has recently signed the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which is an international framework that has been set up to regulate the trade in genetically modified (GM) products.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Tags:
Food Supply, Biosafety, Genetic Engineering, Nepal
Environment

 Unavoidable presence

the presence of illegal genetically modified ( gm ) material in seeds is unavoidable, an European Union ( eu ) scientific committee has stated. The Scientific Committee on Plants (

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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Tags:
Food Supply, Genetic Resources, Europe, European Union (EU)
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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Tags:
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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