Agriculture
Unseasonal rains wash out Modi’s rural appeal
30 Mar 2015
The world may face 40 % water shortfall by 2030: UN report
21 Mar 2015
The United Nations (UN) has warned that the world will suffer a 40-per cent shortfall of potable water in 15 years unless people and nations dramatically change the way they use water
Global food prices at 5-year low even as Indians see inflation
10 Mar 2015
Global food prices fell to a near five-year low in February this year on increased supply of key food items and a strong US dollar, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
India, US again at loggerheads in Geneva over farm subsidies
29 Jan 2015
Despite the bonhomie during President Barak Obama's Delhi visit this week, disagreements again flared up between the US and India at the first informal meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva on Wednesday over the stockpiling of grains for food security
Super-tomato big enough to feed four launched in UK
27 Jan 2015
The 'Gigantomo' is so big that one tomato alone can serve up to four people and just one slice fills an entire burger bun or sandwich
Panel suggests FCI handing over grain procurement to states
22 Jan 2015
The committee has recommended a scaling down of NFSA coverage from 67 per cent of population to around 40 per cent and scaling up of grains supplied to priority households under TPDS from 5 kg per person to 7kg per person
Good for farmers, bad for consumers: EU to lift ban on Alfonso
20 Jan 2015
The European Union today voted to lift its ban on the import of mangoes from India in view of what it saw as significant improvements in plant health controls and certification systems
UK farmer forced to butcher aggressive ‘Nazi’ cows
06 Jan 2015
Nazi scientists had actually managed to breed a herd of genetically-engineered cows which have turned out to be so aggressive that a UK farmer has been forced to chop up half his stock into meat as they they repeatedly tried to kill his staff
Intelligence Bureau gets proactive, blames govt for farmer suicides
23 Dec 2014
India’s domestic spy agency seems to be taking an unprecedented interest in economic policies
Irrigation scam probe cleared, Maharashtra govt tells High Court
12 Dec 2014
Advocate general Sunil Manohar today told the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court that the state government had approved an Anti-Corruption Bureau probe in the irrigation scam
Govt asks CCI to step up cotton procurement
14 Nov 2014
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