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| Agriculture Commission constituted | 20-NOV-09 |
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| With the suicide of farmers in various parts of the state rocking the state Assembly, the Orissa government today announced the appointment of an ‘Agriculture Commission’ headed by S M Patnaik, a retired administrator. The committee has Dr Sudhakar Panda (economist) and Niranjan Panda and D P Ray (vice-chancellor, OUAT) as members. |
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| Surinder Sud: Zeroing in on tillage | 17-NOV-09 |
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| The specialised zero-tillage seed drill, which could sow seeds in fields without ploughing it, was introduced by the Mexico-based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) in Pakistan much before it was brought into India. Yet, the zero-tillage system of cultivation, one of the key technologies under the environment-friendly conservation agriculture, has proved a bigger success here than it did in Pakistan. |
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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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| Cotton exports to double on China, Pak demand | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Cotton exports from India, the second-biggest grower, will more than double this crop season as China and Pakistan seek more fiber to make up for a shortfall in supplies from the US, a government official said. |
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| CommGrade to expand; to certify marine, farm produce | 11-NOV-09 |
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| CommGrade, a leading testing and certification facility of National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCMSL), for agri and food products, is set for a major expansion and will shortly take up certification of marine food, fresh fruits and vegetables, a top company official said. |
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| Enough food buffer, also ready to import: Pranab | 10-NOV-09 |
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| Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said that despite the shortfall in agriculture production, India has adequate buffer stocks of rice and wheat and the government will import what is needed to maintain demand and supply. |
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| IISR project to use mass media to motivate farmers | 31-OCT-09 |
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| The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) here is coming out with a major project to share agriculture information at the grassroot level, among stakeholders and policy planners through the mass media. |
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| India may import rice in 2010 | 29-OCT-09 |
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| India, the world’s second-largest rice grower, may import up to 3 million tonnes next year as the government secures supplies in case the nation faces another year of drought, triggering a price surge, a trader said today. |
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| Rice output to slump by 16 mn tonnes: FM | 23-OCT-09 |
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| Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has apprehended that rice production this year could be 16 million tonnes below the 2008-09 level due to twin-impact of drought and floods. |
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