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India sending 20,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan amid humanitarian
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
This new project entails using Iran's Chabahar port to carry 20,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan. This generous deed intends to relieve the severe food scarcity that many Afghans are currently experiencing, as per Khaama Press.
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Food secretary meets state officials, discusses ways to ensure benefits fr
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Food and Public Distribution Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on Tuesday held a video conference with food secretaries of all states and discussed ways to benefit citizens by cooling down of wheat prices.
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Govt puts stock limits on wheat to prevent hoarding
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In order to manage the overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation, the government has decided to impose stock limits on wheat for traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors.
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Pakistan: Section 144 in Balochistan to prevent wheat, flour smuggling fro
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The initiative's aim is to prevent wheat produced in the province from being taken out of the province so that there is no shortage of wheat and flour in the province until the next wheat production season and their prices can be maintained.
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262 lakh tonne wheat procured so far in 2022-23 benefiting 21.27 lakh farm
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
About 21.27 lakh farmers have already benefited from the ongoing wheat procurement operations with Minimum Support Price (MSP) worth Rs 47,000 crores.
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India strengthens soft power in Afghanistan, sidelining Pakistan: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A spokesman of the United Nations World Food Programme recently informed that an Indian donation of 20,000 metric tonnes of wheat is scheduled to arrive in Afghanistan in the coming months.
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Study discovers new method that lowers crop damage from mice, during plagu
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Scientists at the University of Sydney found that a non-toxic technique can significantly reduce seed loss by keeping mice away from wheat crops. The study was published in the journal 'Nature Sustainability'.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan reeling under high inflation
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A journalist based in Gilgit Baltistan has claimed that people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are facing high inflation and their lives are ruined.
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J-K: Udhampur wheat farmers opt for modern technology to thresh crops
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Earlier, due to the non-availability of thresher machines in rural areas, farmers used to manually thresh the wheat crop and it used to take 9-10 days depending on the quantity of the crop. But now with the help of modern thrashers, it takes two or three hours to thresh wheat crops, farmers
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Afghanistan: FAO warns of severe locust outbreak across 8 provinces
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has issued a warning about a widespread Moroccan locust outbreak across eight provinces in Afghanistan's wheat-growing north and northeast region, Khaama Press reported.
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Current wheat procurement 252 LMT, 75 LMT higher than last season
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The current procurement (of 252 LMT) has already surpassed the total procurement of 188 LMT wheat during the entire rabi marketing season 2022-23.
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Pakistan categorized as a "severely affected country" in Global Hunger Ind
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The global food agency's report revealed that the average Pakistani household is forced to spend only 50.8 per cent of their monthly income on food, while 36.9 per cent suffer from a lack of food security.
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