Panel points out funds shortage for food subsidy
A Parliamentary panel stated here on Monday that the Food Ministry had a shortage of Rs. 81,000 crore to make subsidy payments and urged the Centre to take action. It also expressed concern regarding...
View ArticleChina to strengthen oversight of GM crops under development
China plans to increase its oversight of genetically modified crops due to heightened public concern over Beijing's ability to keep illegal GM products out of the food chain. Beijing supports genetically
View ArticleTroubling new research suggests global warming will cut wheat yields
Observant aliens visiting Earth and studying its civilizations would probably be pretty obsessed with wheat. They couldn’t fail to note how staggeringly many people we feed with the crop on this planet.
View ArticleCould pumpkins be the answer to the food/biofuel crop dilemma?
As concern remains over the need to convert millions of acres of crop land to meet the ever-increasing biofuel demand, a new study has found pumpkins could provide the answer to sharing between food and
View ArticleScientists to submit GM mustard report to government
Indian scientists have completed final trials of a genetically modified (GM) variety of mustard and will submit a report to the government in a month, hoping to win over stiff opposition to make it the
View ArticleNamibia: African Food Demand to Rise 60 Per Cent By 2030
A report by the World Bank, entitled 'Ending Poverty and Hunger by 2030: An Agenda for the Global Food System' calls for pre-emptive action from governments across the continent to increase agricultural
View ArticleUganda: Drought, Weak Shilling Push Up Prices
Ugandans continue to pay more money for goods and services as a result of the drought and a weak currency, according to official figures. In May, headline inflation, which measures changes in prices
View Article1.1 million people quake-hit districts in highly food-insecure situation: report
KATHMANDU, June 4: Around 1.1 million people in quake-hit districts are in highly food-insecure situation, a government survey reveals. A household food security survey, which was conducted by the...
View ArticleAfrica: UN Agency Reports World Food Prices Declining to Six-Year Low
The prices of major food commodities continued their downward trajectory through May as cereal prices dropped amid an increasingly favourable forecast for this year's harvests, the United Nations Food
View ArticleHow to minimize drought impact on food crops
The worldwide demand for legumes, one of the world’s most important agricultural food crops, is growing; at the same time, their production has been adversely affected by drought. In an Indiana...
View ArticleBRRI-dhan 63 raises optimism among farmers, scientists
Sherpur, Jun 11 (UNB)-Production of BRRI-dhan 63, a fine quality high-yielding rice variety newly developed by Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), has raised great optimism among farmers in Sherpur
View ArticleAs Tons of Bug-Infested Rice Rots, El Nino Threatens More Damage
A rice glut that sent prices slumping more than a year ago is shrinking, just as El Nino arrives to parch paddies across Asia. Global inventories were already heading for an eight-year low, including
View ArticleAustralia cuts farm commodity forecasts due to El Nino
Australia has slashed forecast production levels for wheat, cotton and other agricultural commodities in 2015-16 as the El Nino weather phenomenon grips the country and dries out farmland. Meteorologists
View ArticleCSE rings alarm bell on country’s ‘agrarian crisis’
Brewing for many years, India's agrarian crisis is now reaching its tipping point due to "vague" government policies, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today said and warned if predictions on El
View ArticleCSE rings alarm bell on country's 'agrarian crisis'
Brewing for many years, India's agrarian crisis is now reaching its tipping point due to "vague" government policies, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today said and warned if predictions on El
View ArticleSocieties will collapse amid food shortages if world remains on current...
Climate change could spark catastrophic food shortages and lead to global societal collapse if society continues on its current course, according to a new scientific model. The model, developed by Anglia
View ArticleOECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2015-2024
Strong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand should contribute to a gradual decline in real prices for agricultural products over the coming decade, but nonetheless, prices
View ArticleHow rain can enhance food safety
To protect consumers from foodborne illness, produce farmers should wait 24 hours after a rain or irrigating their fields to harvest crops, according to new research published in the journal Applied and
View ArticleNamibia: New Study Explores Sustainable Crop Production in Namibia
Africa: Blended Finance Initiatives to Facilitate $100 Billion in Support of Sustainable Development Goals Ensuring sustainability from 'farm to fork' is a measure that enhances food security as it...
View ArticleEastern Equatoria state official warns of looming hunger
Thousands of people in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state are likely to face severe hunger due to lack of rainfall and unexpected crop failure, an official told Sudan Tribune Monday. The state minister
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