Agriculture

OECD-FAO agricultural outlook 2014-2023

This twentieth edition of the Agricultural Outlook published jointly by OECD and FAO provides market projections to 2023 for major agricultural commodities, biofuels and fish across 41 countries and 12 regions. In a special focus on India, the Outlook projects sustained food production and consumption growth, led by value-added sectors like dairy production and aquaculture.

Publication Date: 
11/07/2014
OECD
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Prices, India, Asia, Food Security, Biofuel, Legumes, Oilseeds, Cotton, Animal Products, Farmers, Developing Countries, Fisheries, Livestock, Dairy Development, Ethanol, Rice, Wheat, Consumption Patterns, Biodiesel, Nutrition, Imports, Russia, United States Of America (US), Thailand, Brazil
Food Policy

Government to enhance efficacy of PDS

The government on Thursday said it proposed to restructure the Food Corporation of India that procured, stored and distributed foodgrain to identified beneficiaries under the Targeted Public Distri

Publication Date: 
11/07/2014
Gargi Parsai
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Public Distribution System (PDS), Budget, Food Security, Wheat, Rice, Food Policy
Food Policy

State Govt to implement NFSS from today

With the completion of distribution of new ration cards among intended beneficiaries of National Food Security Scheme (NFSS) in most of the 13 districts in Uttarakhand, the State Government is goin

Publication Date: 
01/07/2014
Pioneer (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Food Security, Rice, Wheat, Population, Food Policy
Air Pollution

Chemical composition of pre-monsoon air in the Indo-Gangetic Plain measured using a new air quality facility and PTR-MS: high surface ozone and strong influence of biomass burning

5921–5941One seventh of the world's population lives in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) and the fertile region sustains agricultural food crop production for much of South Asia, yet it remains one the most under-studied regions of the world in terms of atmospheric composition and chemistry. In particular, the emissions and chemistry of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that form surface ozone and secondary organic aerosol through photochemical reactions involving nitrogen oxides are not well understood.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2014
V. Sinha, V. Kumar, C. Sarkar
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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5921–5941
Tags:
Air Pollution, Ozone, Biomass Gasification, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Aerosols, Indian Ocean, Wheat, Crop Residues, Rice, Carbon Dioxide, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5
Food Policy

Rs 8.71cr in Bihar to benefit from Food Security Act, claims Paswan

PATNA: The central government is committed to ensuring food to everyone by fully implementing the National Food Security Act (NFSA) across the country by July 14, said Union minister of food and co

Publication Date: 
16/06/2014
Faizan Ahmad
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Food Security, Public Distribution System (PDS), Farmers, Wheat, Rice, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies, Food Policy
Food Policy

States may get more time to implement food security Act

Poor infrastructure in the way of legal entitlement of foodgrain for poor

Publication Date: 
11/06/2014
Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Food Security, Wheat, Rice, Population, Subsidies, Budget, Food Policy, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies
Food Policy

Food security regime faces hurdles in Assam

The National Food Security Act was supposed to be implemented in Assam from June 1 but this could not be achieved due to certain technical hurdles.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Food Security, Public Distribution System (PDS), Subsidies, Wheat, Rice, Food Policy
Food Policy

9.4 lakh households eligible to avail of benefits under the Food Security Scheme

After verification, 9.4 lakh households in Delhi have been found eligible to avail of the benefits of the Food Security Scheme that was introduced by the previous Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi Governmen

Publication Date: 
03/06/2014
Sowmiya Ashok
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Food Security, Subsidies, Wheat, Rice, Food Policy
Economy

Household consumption of various goods and services in India 2011-12

Household consumption of various goods and services in India 2011-12. The report is based on information collected during 2011-12 from 101651 households in 7469 villages and 5268 urban blocks spread over the entire country.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2014
National Sample Survey Office
Tags:
Consumption Patterns, India, Statistics, Rice, Wheat, Kerosene, Food Supply, Rural Habitat, Urban Habitat, Rural Electrification, LPG
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Australia Wheat Areas Seen Drier Through Winter as El Nino Looms

Wheat-growing regions in Australia are set for a drier winter amid a looming El Nino event, which can bring below-average rain to the country’s east and south.

Publication Date: 
28/05/2014
Bloomberg
Tags:
Australia, El Nino, Atmosphere, Agriculture, Wheat, Droughts, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

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