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West Asia crisis: Why India needs a fertiliser security strategyIndia’s fertiliser security is deeply tied to global supply chains. The country imports 60% of its DAP requirement, remains fully dependent...- Food insecurity, undernourishment increased in South Asia during Covid: ReportThe Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters and the Ukraine-Russia war have increased undernourishment in South Asia, making its food security...
- Significance of Russia backing Ukraine Black Sea Grain InitiativeAfter his statement, the UN Chief said he would continue “his engagement with all actors towards the renewal and full implementation of the...
- India has one-third of world's stunted children: Global nutrition reportWith 46.6 million children who are stunted, India tops the list of countries followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million)...
- India ranked 100th among 119 as hunger gets worseIndia was ranked 97th last year. The country’s hunger problem is driven by high child malnutrition, and underlines the need for stronger co...
- India's hungry children: Even North Korea, Iraq, Nepal, Myanmar are betterIndia’s rank of 100 is lower than its poorer neighbours such as Nepal (72), B'desh (88), SL (84). China has a higher rank of 29. Only Pak i...
- India needs hybrid seeds to increase rice production: International Rice Research InstituteTaste is one of the main reasons Indian farmers are not taking to cultivation of high-yield hybrid rice varieties developed by scientists.
- Despite rising pulses imports, liberal policy can help contain prices and ensure regular supplyThe prices of pulses have soared beyond the reach of poor consumers. To cool inflationary pressure on pulses, the government was forced to ...
- Number of hungry people drops in India; still behind China, PakistanThe number of hungry people has dropped in India with its score on the Global Hunger Index improving to 63rd position in 2013.
- Government approves 5% jump in wheat MSP for this yearGovt approved exports of additional 2.5 million tonne of wheat from stocks to ease the storage problem after a record harvest this year.
- August wetter than thought; rains lash northern and western parts of the countryThough El Nino concerns still loom large over the coming month, August has been wetter than expected.
- India ranks below China, Pakistan in Global Hunger Index 2011India ranked way below its South Asian neighbours Pakistan, Sri Lanka and China in the global hunger index 2011 released by the Internation...
- Global experts: Warming could double food pricesEven if we stopped spewing global warming gases today, the world would face a steady rise in food prices this century.
- India ranks below China, Pak in global hunger indexIndia has been ranked 67, way below neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan, in a new global hunger index by the International Food ...
- The new shifting agriculture: Shopping for fields overseasIn the wake of runaway inflation and the ensuing food crisis, the prime minister constituted three high-powered committees of chief ministe...
- Long-term measures to tackle pulses shortage urgently needed
- Retooling policies to cool food pricesToday's food price inflation cannot be tackled with yesterday's tools. We need to deploy new tools, including futures markets and new food ...
- India below sub-Saharan Africa in hunger indexDespite robust economic growth in recent years, India’s record on hunger is worse than that of nearly 25 sub-Saharan African countries and ...
- India improves on hunger list, but still worse than Nepal, PakAccording to the 2008 Global Hunger Index, the major threat of hunger is in 33 countries including India. Its hunger rate fell to 23.7 poin...
- Won't community health insurance help?Amid the Diwali shoppers’ frenzy, two developments - one local and the other global - largely went unnoticed.
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