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The food pirates - HBL: Home

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Food security has become a major ordeal with the rising international food inflation. Industrialised countries are increasingly meeting their food requirements from outside their own geographical...

Time to re-imagine the ‘hunger’ question - HBL: Home

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 published by FAO reports that almost 870 million people were chronically under-nourished in 2010-2012. There has been a slowdown sin...

Why India performs so poorly in fighting hunger - Rediff: News

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Dr Purnima Menon is a research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute's Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, and is based at IFPRI's Asia office in New Delhi. She conducts applied nutrition research in the South Asia region, with a focus on programs and policies to improve maternal and child nutrition.

Global Hunger Index, 2012 - Govt of india: PIB

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Global Hunger Index, 2012

UPA government: A decade of decay! - Rediff: Columns

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The two decades of our "spectacular economic progress" has side-stepped vast swath of our underprivileged that oscillates between twenty per cent and one-fifth of our population!

UPA government: A decade of DECAY! - Rediff: Business

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The two decades of our "spectacular economic progress" has side-stepped vast swath of our underprivileged that oscillates between twenty per cent and one-fifth of our population!

UN's global agriculture report on track: small farmers need investment and support - Oxfam International RSS main feed

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has just published it's The State of Food and Agriculture, 2012 report, on investment in global agriculture. The FAO says that in developing countries, farmers themselves are the largest investors in agriculture and governments and donors have a special responsibility to support them. This is our reaction: Oxfam's GROW campaign spokesperson, Luca Chinotti said: " The FAO is sending exactly the right message to governments and donors today. Small-holder farmers are the real "blue chip" investors in global agriculture. They need to be treated as such. They need better support to make the most of the massive investment they make every day into growing our food. This is vital to tackle poverty and ensure global food security in the face of worsening climate change. Small-scale farmers need more financial help but crucially they better policies to help them access more credit and training and better information. They need better regulated, more stable ...

The Future of Agriculture: debate the experts - Oxfam International campaign articles feed

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Oxfam’s online discussion series will tackle the question: Can we feed 9 billion people in a way that eradicates hunger and preserves the environment? Forecasts indicate world food production must grow at least fifty per cent by 2050, to feed a population of nine billion people. read ...

A decade of agricultural revolution - HBL: Features

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The State Government has set up 67 cold storages, 22 ripening chambers, 16 hi-tech nurseries and seven tissue culture laboratories for better post-harvest management and marketing management.

'Continue PDS along with cash transfers' - ET: Opinion

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Shangenn Fan, chairman of World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Food Security.In an exclusive interview with ET's .

Food insecurity, poverty still plague India: expert - Bangalore News, Bangalore City News | Cities News - Times of India

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Food insecurity, poverty still plague India: expert

The need for food security floor - Financial Chronicle

Editor3 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

The concept of “Food Security Floor” was proposed by the high-level panel of experts (HLPE), which provides scientific advice to the committee on world food security (CFS) of the UN. I am the current chairman of HLPE and our proposal is the adoption of a bottom line approach in public policies relating to achieving the goal of sustainable food security for all in every country. The food security floor will indicate the minimum steps needed for ensuring that every child, woman and man will have an opportunity for a healthy and productive life through access to balanced diet, clean drinking water, sanitation and primary healthcare. It is in this background we should examine the National Food Security Bill 2011, currently under the consideration of a parliamentary committee. The need for effective steps to overcome the widespread malnutrition prevailing in our country will be obvious from the position we are occupying now in the world in terms of the per cent of population affected by chronic and ...

Mines of concern - Frontline

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Farmers protest against the Central clearance for coal bed methane exploration in Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, as they fear it will devastate agriculture in Tiruvarur and Thanjavur districts.

Asia needs efficient farm to market supply chain: ADB - Business Standard: News Now

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Facing the challenge of feeding 5 billion people, Asian countries need to ramp up their farm supply chain to control food prices and ensure food security, says a study conducted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

No talisman anymore - Hindustan Times: Views

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

No talisman anymore

Letters: Technological boost - Business Standard: Today

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

This refers to the Q&A with Ajay Chhibber, “Chidambaram has inherited a huge fiscal mess&" (November 12).

Fighting against starvation - Hindustan Times: India

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Fighting against starvation

The World's Hunger Pangs - Forbes India

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

A look at the level of food security in different countries Read more

India Needs to Invest More in Agriculture - Forbes India

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

India spends more on agriculture research than others in South Asia, but it still has a long way to go Read more

Indian Twins: Growth and hunger - Frontline

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Indian Twins: Growth and hunger

The alarming picture of poverty in India - Rediff: Business

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

One in three of the world's malnourished children is in India, more even than in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a United Nations study.

'Women farmers a priority for ensuring food security' - New Kerala: India News

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Why India scores POORLY in global hunger index - Rediff: Business

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

India's extremely poor score in successive years in the global hunger index (GHI) should remind policy makers of the unfinished agenda of liberalisation.

Still hungry - Business Standard: Opinion & Analysis

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

India’s extremely poor score in successive years in the global hunger index (GHI) should remind policy makers of the unfinished agenda of liberalisation.

CoP 11 treads middle ground on biofuels - Down to Earth

admin — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Admits that biofuels technologies may aggravate drivers of biodiversity loss, but stresses on their role in mitigating climate change A jatropha plantation. It is estimated that biofuel production involves at least 50 million hectares (ha) of land grabbed from the rural poor (photo by Ruksan Bose) The ongoing biodiversity convention in Hyderabad seems undecided about the impacts of biofuels on the environment. Homepage Teaser: Admits that biofuels technologies may aggravate drivers of biodiversity loss, but stresses on their role in mitigating climate change ...