Cotton, textiles, and apparel are critical agricultural and industrial sectors in India. This study provides descriptions of these sectors and examines the key developments emerging domestically and internationally that affect the challenges and opportunities the sectors face.

This report seeks to support national decisionmakers, as well as their international development partners, in acquiring information and applying methods for understanding the likely effects of a global food crisis on their country and acting to alleviate the risks and exploit the opportunities brought about by such crises.

Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 explores the implications of the rapid recent growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities. The boom in liquid biofuels has been largely induced by policies in developed countries, based on their expected positive contributions to climate-change mitigation, energy security and agricultural development.

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World oil prices extended gains on Thursday following a bigger-than-expected drop in inventories of US motor fuel.

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, climbed $1.44 to $117 a barrel in electronic deals.

London's Brent North Sea crude for October advanced $1.39 to $115.75.

"People are looking at the gasoline inventory drawdown,' said Mr Tetsu Emori, fund manager at Astmax asset management.

VIEW FINDER AIR POLLUTION LEVEL ON DISPLAY Parisians can view the city

A new way to predict how habitat zones will shift or vanish could help usher endangered species to safety.

This publication presents the problem of arsenic in groundwater in a manner accessible to a broad and involved public that might not normally have access to scientific literature.

As demand for freshwater soars, planetary supplies are becoming unpredictable. Existing technologies could avert a global water crisis, but they must be implemented soon.

Importance of food management and maintaining food security the world over has been abundantly recognized since long. India plays a very important role by its contribution in world's food production, accounts for more than 10 percent of total world's foodgrain production.

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