| FAO Summit ends in disappointment | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The three-day World Food Summit organised by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome ended without nations making any specific pledges to help the world's poorest farmers. |
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| UN chief to link food, global warming at FAO summit | 12-NOV-09 |
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| UN chief Ban Ki-moon will prod world leaders to step up the fight against global warming and hunger when he attends the UN Food and Agriculture Organization summit in Rome next week, a spokesperson said. |
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| FAO stresses need for post-harvest grain management | 11-NOV-09 |
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| Improved farm techniques coupled with farmers’ training at grassroot levels can reduce post-harvest foodgrain losses which may translate into fall in the food prices, said Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. |
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| State worried over GST roll out | 30-OCT-09 |
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| The Centre may be eager to introduce the proposed Goods and Service Tax (GST) from April 1, 2010, but the Orissa government has cast doubts on the timely launch of the new tax regime. |
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| Rice output in India to slump 18%: FAO official | 09-OCT-09 |
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| Drought in India may slash rice output in the world’s second-largest grower by about 18 per cent this year, cutting global supplies available for importers, a United Nations official said. |
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| Well-intended move | 09-SEP-09 |
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| The forest and environment ministry's proposal to give fiscal incentives to the states that are maintaining their forest cover and are taking steps to improve it seems a well-intended move aimed at protecting the country's vital, as also threatened, forest resources. Such financial assistance can help state governments to withstand, even if only to an extent, the ever-increasing pressure to divert forest land for other purposes. The simultaneous announcement of the intent to extend such sops to the local self-governments as well is equally significant, as the actual implementation of the programmes is taken care of at that level. What is important here is the involvement of the local stakeholders, which include the tribal people and others forest dwellers who rely solely on the forests for their livelihood. |
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| India among 90 nations to curb illegal marine fishing | 07-SEP-09 |
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| Over 90 countries, including India, have agreed to a draft of the first-ever global treaty to curb illegal marine fishing that is disturbing the fisheries’ profile and ecological balance of the oceans and hurting the livelihood of small fishermen across the world. |
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| Swine flu virus detected in poultry | 31-AUG-09 |
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| Detection of the H1N1 influenza virus in turkey birds in Chile has heightened the danger of poultry farms elsewhere also getting infected with this pandemic virus, which has already killed nearly 90 people in India and over 2,000 persons worldwide. |
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| Paddy output may decline 2.5%: FAO | 22-JUL-09 |
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| India’s rice (paddy) output is likely to decline by a marginal 2.55 per cent this year on delayed monsoon and uncertainty over follow-up rain in the agriculturally crucial month of July. |
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| WFP, FAO urge G8 leaders to help poor | 08-JUL-09 |
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| Ahead of the G-8 summit in Italy, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has urged leaders of the top eight richest countries of the world not to forget the poor as they discuss the current global economic crisis. |
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| Food insecurity and hunger still a big problem: Report | 05-JUL-09 |
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| The agriculture sector has shown more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries, largely due to food being a basic necessity. As the downturn lowers food prices, pressure is eased on the recession-hit consumers. |
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| Over 1 bn may go hungry in 2009 due to fin crisis: FAO | 21-JUN-09 |
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| The number of hungry people in the world may cross 1 billion in 2009 due to the shocks of the global economic crisis combined with high food prices in a few countries, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. |
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| Monsanto, BASF announce first drought-tolerant biotech crop | 10-JUN-09 |
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| Monsanto and Germany-based BASF have discovered a naturally-occurring gene that can help corn plants combat drought and confer yield stability during periods of inadequate water supplies. The scientists of both companies announced the discovery in Germany on Tuesday. |
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