International risk sharing for food staples
It is claimed that the world food supplies are more stable than the domestic supplies, and therefore free trade should achieve a higher degree of stability in prices and consumption than autarkic policies.
Food Storage
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Govt mulls cold chains for fruit to cut wastage
To form special purpose vehicle with Fresh & Healthy Enterprises, an arm of ConCor The Union agriculture ministry has drawn up plans to invest in cold chain infrastructure for fruits in the upcoming financial
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25cr for national cold chain centre
Ahead of enacting the ambitious National Food Security Law, the government on Thursday approved setting up of a national centre for cold chain development and allocated a one-time grant of `25 crore as
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Storage-bound Farmers to Get Cheaper Crop Loan
Post-harvest loan to be offered at 7% for using warehouses The finance ministry has launched a concessional loan scheme for farmers to prevent distress sale of agricultural produce. Farmers who park
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Optimal food price stabilization in a small open Developing Country
In poor countries, most governments implement policies aiming to stabilize the prices of staple foods, which often include storage and trade measures insulating their domestic market from the world market.
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A study on problems of marketing vegetables in farmers market
<p>Horticultural development had not been a priority until recent years in India. It was later in the post 1993 period that focused attention was given to horticulture development through an enhancement
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Creation of food safety authority urged
A draft of the proposed Nepal Food Safety Act has envisioned establishment of an independent food safety authority which will implement life, food and consumer rights as fundamental rights. The draft
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Potato going for Re 1 a kilo, farmers dump crop on roads
Facing a glut of potatoes owing to two bumper crops in Punjab and neighbouring states, the farmers here, not being able to find buyers or good rates, have started dumping their crop by the side of the
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PM digs in heels, says no FDI rollback:‘Would Bring More Jobs, Help Farmers’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday strongly defended his government’s decision to allow 51% foreign direct investment in the multi-brand retail sector saying the move would benefit the
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State initiates abolition of storage agent system in 4 dists
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday formally implemented one of the major recommendations of Justice Wadhwa Committee, the abolition of Storage Agent chain in order to streamline the Public Distribution
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Paddy procurement begins today, state still short of storage houses
As paddy procurement season is set to commence on Saturday (October 1), Punjab and Haryana are looking to procure 168 lakh tonne of paddy for the central pool in the Kharif Marketing season (KMS) 2011-12,