| Area under wheat in Punjab to touch 35.20 lakh hectares | 13-NOV-09 |
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| There might be political uproar over the meager revision of MSP of wheat (Rs 20 per quintal hike), but the farmers in Punjab are firm on expanding the area under wheat cultivation. The state agriculture department is hopeful that this year also the total area under wheat would surpass the designated target of 35.20 lakh hectares. |
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| Asia's food security hinges on rice grower India | 29-OCT-09 |
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| Rising rice prices and possible shortages in the world's poorest countries will hinge on what major growers India, China and Thailand do to make up for millions of tonnes of the staple lost to floods and droughts. |
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| Bt brinjal 'safe' to humans, animals: TNAU | 21-OCT-09 |
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| Coimbatore, Oct 21 (PTI) Genetically Modified (GM) Bt Brinjal was 'safe' to human beings, animals and environment, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), which invloved in its research for the past six years, said today. |
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| Agri Committee stresses on innovative technology for food security | 13-OCT-09 |
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| The Mid-Term Review (MTR) Committee on Agriculture and Allied Sectors, constituted by the Planning Commission, Government of India for the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007-12), held a regional consultation review meeting for the Western and Central states of Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) on Monday. |
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| Birsa agri varsity fails to secure food security | 03-OCT-09 |
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| Ranchi-based Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) was constituted in 1981 to conduct fundamental, need-based and area specific research in agriculture and allied sciences and to develop and promote modern agricultural technology among rural people through extension programmes and need-based trainings. |
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| High food security risk in India: global agency | 08-SEP-09 |
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| London-based Maplecroft, the risk advisory business, has rated India with “high risk” in its newly developed food security index, ranking 25 out of 148 listed countries due to unsustainable water use and an expanding population. |
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| Food security law can't cater to APL families | 25-AUG-09 |
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| The central pool of food grains is insufficient to provide for families above the poverty line (APL) who are covered by the Targetted Public Distribution System (TPDS), if they are to be all included in the proposed National Food Security Act, show data from the Planning Commission. |
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| Act criticised for ignoring food security | 29-JUL-09 |
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| The Food Security Act (FSA) of the UPA government has two blind spots. The right to produce food and national food security, the two key points aspects of food security and food sovereignty, are ignored, said environmental and development activist Vandana Shiva here in Mysore. |
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| Commerce Min wants wheat export issue handled by EGoM | 14-JUL-09 |
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| A day after revoking its earlier order to allow wheat export, the Commerce Ministry has favoured referring the issue of easing the ban to an Empowered Group of Ministers, saying food security should be of prime importance. |
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