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Imported food items flout Indian laws
Karthik Madhavan
Labour Department can initiate action against seller
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A few items like jellies do not sport the name and address of the manufacturer
There is no mention about the date of manufacture and date of expiry
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
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- Hindu (Chennai)
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Ban organic farming totally, says expert
Basavashree awardee and exponent of natural farming method Subhash Palekar has demanded for total ban on organic farming.
Addressing a press meet in the city on Thursday, he condemned the State Government for establishing organic farming mission.
- Date:
- 26/12/2008
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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- Reports and Documents
The impact of climate change and adaptation on food production in low-income countries
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact of climate change on food production in a typical low-income developing country. Furthermore, it provides an estimation of the determinants of adaptation to climate change and the implications of these strategies on farm productivity. The analysis relies on primary data from 1,000 farms producing cereal crops in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia.
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- Dec 2008
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- International Food Policy Research Institute
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The state of food insecurity in the world 2008
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2008 represents FAO’s ninth progress report on world hunger since the 1996 World Food Summit(WFS). This report focuses on high food prices, which are having a serious impact on the poorest populations in the world, drastically reducing their already low purchasing power. High
food prices have increased levels of food deprivation, while
- Date:
- Dec 2008
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- FAO
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Central expert takes stock of new paddy plantation system
The director of rice under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in New Delhi, MC Dibakar, recently visited the paddy fields of Nalbari district to take stock of the progress of the newly-introduced System of Rice Intensification (SRI). He also interacted with the farmers to share the experiences of this new system of rice production.
- Date:
- 15/12/2008
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Anatomy of a crisis: the causes and consequences of surging food prices
This latest IFPRI paper is a comprehensive review of the causes and consequences of recent increases in international food prices. Is based on the best and most recent research and includes fresh theoretical and empirical analysis.
- Date:
- Dec 2008
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- International Food Policy Research Institute
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FAO demands $30 bn bailout for agriculture
Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 24, 2008, 0:11 IST
A United Nations agency has warned of negative impact of the global financial crisis on agriculture in the developing countries and has called for an agricultural bailout package of $30 billion annually to ward off hunger and food riots.
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- 24/11/2008
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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The food crisis
The high food prices that have sparked riots in many parts of the developing world - from Indonesia, India and Bangladesh to Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire and Haiti -should come as no surprise. These are only the latest in a series of events many developing countries have suffered as a result of opening their borders and neglecting domestic agriculture.
- Date:
- 21/11/2008
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- New Nation (Bangladesh)
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Bangladesh in hunger index
BANGLADESH has been ranked 70th among 88 nations in the global hunger index (GHI) as reported by media recently. From January 2007 to June 2008, one-third of all the countries, for which GHI was calculated, suffered from a violent or non-violent protest, with multiple occurrences in Bangladesh, according to the report prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute.
- Date:
- 20/11/2008
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- New Nation (Bangladesh)
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Price fall, credit crunch may hit agri output: FAO
Amid the international financial crisis, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned that falling food prices and reduced access to credit are likely to hit the agricultural production, threatening global food security.
- Date:
- 15/11/2008
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
