Agriculture

New wheat variety introduced

Scientists from the United States and Pakistan have introduced and tested ‘NARC-2011’, a new variety resistant to the feared ‘UG-99’ wheat variety.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2013
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Wheat, Agriculture, Agricultural Research, United States Of America (US), Food Crops, South Asia
Agriculture

Scientists develop 200 GM crops, await govt nod for trials

Do you think only ‘Monsanto’ (or any multinational seed company) has the capacity to develop transgenic crops? The answer is a clear ‘no’.

Publication Date: 
13/09/2013
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, GM Crops, Monsanto, Scientists, Wheat, Brinjal, Papaya, Potato, GM Rice, Bt Cotton, Health Effects, Biodiversity, Agriculture
Food Policy

Food security not for the poor

Authorities fail to provide pulses to beneficiaries

Tall claims of the state government of providing wheat flour (atta) and pulses (dal) to the poor notwithstanding, the beneficiaries have not been getting their share of pulses since January in the district.

Publication Date: 
12/09/2013
Shivani Bhakoo
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Ludhiana (D), Food Security, Wheat, Public Distribution System (PDS), Poverty, Food Policy
Agriculture

Need to identify crop-specific areas: Experts

There is a need to identify crop-specific areas where processing and marketing facilities could be provided to farmers to improve the latter's financial condition, said Dr Gurbachan Singh, Chairman

Publication Date: 
03/09/2013
Sanjay Bumbroo
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Fatehgarh Sahib (D), Agriculture, Crops, Water Harvesting, Groundwater Recharge, Irrigation, Wheat, Rice
Agriculture

MS Swaminathan urges people to conserve rainwater for farming

The four-day All India Wheat and Barley Agri Scientist Meet was inaugurated at Chandra Shekhar Azad University and Technology on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2013
Times Of India (Kanpur)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agriculture, Farmers, Wheat, Water Harvesting, M S Swaminathan, Agricultural Science, Organic Farming, Crops
Agriculture

Bilateral trade and food security

The authors analyze the relationship between food security and trade, focusing on food importers’ exposure to sudden market failures from relying on a narrow range of international suppliers. They compute a bilateral import penetration index (BIPI), which gauges the degree to which a country depends on another for food imports.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013
Douglas Brooks, Benno Ferrarini, Eugenia Go
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Food Security, Trade, Food Supply, Rice, Wheat, Maize, Soyabean, Food Policy, India, Global
Food Policy

Decoding the food security legislation

Less painful now, but future uncertain

The United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) ambitious National Food Security Bill might soon become reality. After getting approval from the Lok Sabha, the Bill is headed for the Upper House of Parliament for approval.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2013
Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security Bill, Public Distribution System (PDS), Subsidies, Budget, Population, Census 2011, Children, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Nutrition, Rice, Wheat, Chhattisgarh, Food Policy
Food Policy

Arunachal launches Food Security Scheme

Coinciding with the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today launched the National Food Security Ordinance-2013 – by distributing h

Publication Date: 
21/08/2013
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Arunachal, Food Security, Subsidies, Wheat, Rice, Population, Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Policy
Food Policy

Arunachal Pradesh launches National Food Security Ordinance

In pursuance of the Centre’s initiative to ensure food for all, Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday launched the National Food Security Ordinance (NFSO) 2013 commemorating the birth anniversary of Rajiv G

Publication Date: 
21/08/2013
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Arunachal, Food Security, Subsidies, Wheat, Rice, Population, Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Policy
Food Policy

Food min rejects universal PDS plea

Two days before the parliamentary debate, food minister KV Thomas on Sunday ruled out a demand from various political parties to universalise the public distribution system (PDS) against 67% covera

Publication Date: 
19/08/2013
Sandip Das
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Security, Legislation, Rice, Wheat, Subsidies, Food Prices, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies, Food Policy

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