Agriculture

World development report 2008: agriculture for development

World Development Report 2008 calls for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries.The report warns that the sector must be placed at the center of the development agenda if the goals of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are to be realized.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2007
The World Bank
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Agriculture, Climate Change, Development, Trade, Economy, Biofuel, GMOs, Rural Development, Subsidies, Poverty, Developing Countries, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

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Commerce minstry's subsidy package to bail out vanilla farmers The commerce ministry will bring out a subsidy package to bail out vanilla farmers who have been badly hit by the falling prices of

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
Down to Earth
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Lakes, Lake Action Plan, Farmers, Subsidies, Private Sector, Cooperatives, India, Bangalore (D), Kerala, Hotels
India

 US, Mexico accuse China of unfair trade practices

the us and Mexico have accused China of giving illegal subsidies to Chinese companies to boost exports, while imposing tax and tariff penalties to limit purchases of foreign products in China. wto

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
Down to Earth
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Trade, WTO, Conflicts, Subsidies, Exports, China, Mexico, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)
India

 PDS fails in feeding India's poor

India's Targeted Public Distribution System (tpds) gives subsidised essential commodities to economically weaker households. Till 1997, the system had supplied subsidised commodities to

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Down to Earth
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Food Policy, Food Supply, Consumption Patterns, Subsidies, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Statistics, Food Security
Energy

Heavy subsidies in heavy water: Economics of nuclear power in India

Little is publicly known about the efficiency and economics of heavy water production at the Department of Atomic Energy’s facilities. We estimate the cost of producing heavy water at the Manuguru plant by analysing the available budget figures and assuming reasonable values for other factors that affect the cost and whose values are not publicly available. Our results suggest that the production costs significantly exceed the price charged under even extremely favourable and unrealistic assumptions.

Publication Date: 
27/07/2007
M V Ramana
Economic and Political Weekly
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Heavy Water, Subsidies, Nuclear Power Plants, India, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Agriculture

Asian trauma

If the Doha Round of negotiations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is stalemated, a great part of it is because of the resistance of small farmers, including those in Asia. One of the terrible truths of the 20th century is that it was a blight on small farmers or peasants everywhere.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2007
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Land Reforms, Agriculture, WTO, Farmers, Subsidies, Asia, China, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
India

 India not on course for clean air target

Diesel cars are expected to corner 50 per cent of the Indian car market by 2010. 2010 is also the Indian government's target year for putting into place European emission standards. The target

Publication Date: 
14/06/2007
Rachel Millar
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Fuel Quality, Diesel, Vehicular Standards, Energy Policy, Cars, Subsidies, Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas, TERI, India
Industry

 Biofuel: good idea, bad practice

Now that the reality of climate change has been accepted even by its strongest sceptics, there is a rush to find answers. The latest buzz is to substitute the use of greenhouse gas emitting fossil

Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Air Pollution Control, Maize, Food Supply, Alternative Fuels, Biodiesel, Ethanol, Climate Change, Global Warming, Energy Policy, Subsidies, Industry, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, India, Food Security
Climate Change

 Aviation boom is no boon for climate

Air travel is the preserve of a mere 5 per cent of the world's population, but this tiny minority's behaviour affects the poorest

Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
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Air Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Emissions Trading, Air Transport, Subsidies, Legislation, Europe, European Union (EU), Climate
India

 Solar units beyond people's reach in Sunderbans

A few years ago, Shaktipada Jena, a small farmer could dream of buying a home solar power system. He'd have to stretch his means to save between Rs 3,100 and Rs 4,800, the going rate. But now prices

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Sundarbans, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Subsidies, India, West Bengal

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