Page 12 - Food Security
What happens when bread is scarce and grain exporters speak up
From the French Revolution to the Arab Spring, price rises and food shortages have fuelled conflict, toppled leaders and overthrown regimes.
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Centre permits conversion of surplus rice to ethanol for hand sanitisers
Move will lead to use of part of a stockpile of 30.57 million tonnes, which is almost 126% more than the buffer stock and strategic requirement norms
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Rising food insecurity: Tackling hunger during the coronavirus crisis
Food insecurity is on the rise as subsidised food distributed via govt-run ration shops is not easily available to everyone
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Grain cushion: India has enough stock to supply ration shops for 1 year
In 2018-19, around 57 mt of wheat and rice was distributed in the country through the ration shops network
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Asia needs $800 bn in agri food sector over next decade to feed itself
Population growth, changing consumer needs and climate change are among the challenges
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Govt's food security programme to cost $21 billion a year: Paswan
Beneficiaries will get wheat at 2 rupees a kilogram and rice at 3 rupees per kilogram
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Ocean warming to impact food production in India, elsewhere: Report
Report warns of impact on yields and calls it the greatest hidden challenge for the current generation
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SC seeks Centre's reply on food security in drought-hit states
A Bench asked Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar to file a response by March 30
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