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HCL commits USD 15 million to address global freshwater insecurity
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], May 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Water security has never been more urgent. With the global population set to hit 8.5 billion by 2030, pressure is increasing on the world's limited supply of fresh water. By 2030, the global demand for water will have exceeded sustainable
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Food crisis in China revives memories of Mao-era famine
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 27 (ANI): Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China is going back to the days of Mao Zedong's extreme communism and bringing back the memories of the famine in Mao's era.
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Researchers determine nutritional properties of protein in cricket, locust
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
West Virginia [US], January 19 (ANI): As the human population grows to a predicted 10 billion by 2050 and overall land mass remains constant, traditional animal farming may become a less viable method for food production. Animal farming has traditionally fulfilled human nutritional requireme
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Need to increase collective power of small farmers, make them nation's pri
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): As India celebrates the 75th Independence Day on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it is high time when the country needs to apply scientific research and suggestions to the agriculture sector to provide food security to the nation and to i
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Cabinet approves Rs 10,900 cr Production Linked Incentive scheme for food
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) in order to support Indian brands of food products in the international markets with an outlay of Rs 10,900 crores.
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Lok Sabha passes bill to amend Essential Commodities Act
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that allows the central government to regulate the supply of some food items only under extraordinary circumstances which may include war, famine, extraordinary price rise and natural calamity of grave nature.
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Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Des Moines [US], June 12 (ANI): Renowned Indian-American soil scientist Dr Rattan Lal has been awarded the 2020 World Food Prize for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increase food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.
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Kerala earmarks Rs 3,000 cr to revive agriculture
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 29 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that his government is planning to spend Rs 3,000 crore during the next one year to boost food production and revive agriculture in the state.
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Kerala CM calls for self-sufficiency in producing food grains
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 22 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that the state would need big interventions in the agricultural sector to remain self-sufficient in food grain production, in case of the prevailing circumstances due to the pandemic o
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Panic buying amid COVID-19 can impact global food supply chain: WPF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 4 (ANI): The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain but that could change for the worse if anxiety-driven panic by major food importers takes hold, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
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Vertical farming envisages profitable and suitable agriculture business
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 04 (ANI/NewsVoir): A silent revolution is underway in the agriculture sector, which is going to be quite evident in the days to come. With the global population is set to reach near ten billion marks by 2050, the food production must increase by 70 per cent, estimate
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European Union organised food and agriculture seminar in India on 10-11 Oc
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Food production and gastronomy in Europe are based on the combination of knowledge, skills, practices and traditions bringing together farming and methods of conserving, processing, cooking, sharing and eating food.
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