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Sugar crisis hits India now
New Delhi :: India | about 10 hours ago
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Thousands of Indian sugar cane farmers staged a massive demonstration in the national capital, halting traffic as they demanded higher prices for the crop. The dispute, testing the Congress-led government's resolve to improve incomes for its vast rural...
Tags: sugar cane, India, New Delhi, Sweeteners, Fiji Indian organisations, Environment, Ethanol fuel, Sugar, Sugarcane, Politics, Rice, Ganashakti, Food security, Shripat Amrit Dange, Food, Food politics, Communist Party of India, world food price crisis, All India Trinamool Congress, Mamata Banerjee
DA's Quick Recovery Program to be launched in Pangasinan
Lingayen :: Philippines | 1 day ago
Credibility The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to implement its Quick Recovery Program (QRP) in Pangasinan to help farmers affected by the onslaught of typhoon Pepeng. DA Regional Director Cipriano Santiago said QRP includes provision of hybrid and certified...
Tags: Cipriano Santiago, rice seeds, Quick Recovery Program, Pangasinan LINGAYEN, seeds subsidy, DA Regional, DA-Regional Field Unit, subsidy worth, Philippines, Lingayen, Seed, Agriculture, Subsidy, Rice, Tropical agriculture, Paddy field, Environment
Govt may offload rice, wheat from reserves in 10 days
New Delhi :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility The government on Saturday said it will offload staple food grains from its reserves in the domestic market shortly to tame the surge in prices but is not "eager" to import rice to augment local supply. "We will offload wheat and rice in the open market.
Tags: import rice, India, New Delhi, Rice, Wheat, Haryana, Nationalist Congress Party, Scouting and Guiding in India, Sharad Pawar, Politics, Environment, Peak oil, world food price crisis, Tropical agriculture, Economy of Asia, Food politics, Basmati, Bengali cuisine
Awards honor social entrepreneurs
Linz :: Austria | 2 days ago
Credibility Instead of moving inventory and selling services, these entrepreneurs aim to bring electricity to those without lights, nutrition to those who will die without supplemental vitamins and low-cost solar hearing aids for those who otherwise couldn't afford...
Tags: Austria, Linz, Fuel gas, Fuels, Zinc, Rice, Nutrition, Technology Internet, Dietary minerals, Chemical elements, Applied sciences, Venture capital, TiE, Vator, Silicon Valley, Social enterprise, Social economy, Social entrepreneurship
Vietnam ready to supply rice to 'main market' RP
Cebu :: Philippines | 2 days ago
Credibility Vietnam, the world’s second-biggest rice exporter, is likely to start inter-government discussions with the Philippines to supply 1.5 million tons of rice for 2010 after a Manila tender on November 4, an industry official yesterday said. AFP File Photo...
Tags: Vietnam Food Association, Philippines, Manila, million ton, Hanoi, main market, Mr. Hue, rice exporter, supply rice, Cebu, Vietnam, National Food Authority, Rice, Red River Delta, Vietnam War, Politics, Business Finance
Eat local? No thanks, say Senegalese
Dakar :: Senegal | 2 days ago
Credibility The look on restaurant owner Mame Couma Tandjigora's face tells the story. She scowls, as many in her country might when asked about locally grown rice -- a far bigger problem than it may seem. "You have to sift it and soak it for a long time," she said....
Tags: Senegal, locally rice, locally grown, Grand Dakar, imported rice, Raphael Sindaye, grown rice, Dakar, Rice, Tropical agriculture, world food price crisis, Environment, Hospitality Recreation
Africa: Investment in Agriculture Africa's Path to Prosperity
Freetown :: Sierra Leone | 3 days ago
Credibility Investment in Agriculture Africa's Path to Prosperity Prof...Marie Nerica who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone is one example. She now produces enough rice to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government.
Tags: Agriculture Africa, African Union, Sierra Leone, Freetown, Rice, Africa, Agriculture, Monty Jones, New Partnership for Africa's Development, New Rice for Africa, Business Finance, Environment
Food inflation rises to 14.55 per cent
New Delhi :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility Riding on the back of rising prices of staple items like potatoes, onions and pulses, food inflation rose to 14.55 per cent in the first week of November. On a weekly basis, inflation rose 0.87 percentage points from 13.68 per cent. On a yearly basis,...
Tags: food inflation, India, New Delhi, Abraham Lincoln, Cent, world food price crisis, Mill, Inflation, Numismatics, Coins of the United States, Peak oil, Business Finance, Technology Internet, Rice, Kharif crop, Economy of Africa, Economy of Asia, Environment
Gov't to buy rice from polluted paddies at guaranteed prices
Taipei :: Taiwan | 4 days ago
Credibility Taipei, Nov. 18 (CNA) The Council of Agriculture (COA) promised Wednesday to purchase rice at guaranteed prices from Tainan County farmers whose paddies were found to be contaminated with heavy metals and are therefore having difficulty selling their...
Tags: Tainan County, COA, Houbi Township, contamination rice, Chen Wu-hsiung, guaranteed prices, Taiwan, Taipei, Soil contamination, Soil test, Rice, Tropical agriculture, Paddy field, Disaster Accident, Environment
Rice procurement goes up by 10 per cent
Government agencies have procured paddy equivalent to 112.78 lakh tonnes of rice so far during the current kharif marketing season (October – September) as against 102.6 lakh tonnes on this date last year. It represents an increase of 10.14...
Tags: Rice, procurement price, NAFED, FCI, Kharif crop, Numerals
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