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Luzi Ann Javier and Jason Gale / Bloomberg 09:51 PM | September 02,2009
Maize yields may drop by 17%, wheat by 12% and rice by 10% in irrigated areas in South Asia because of climate change-induced heat and water stress, if current trends persist until 2050
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Cafe Economics | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha 09:07 PM | August 11,2009
Essential public services are in disarray. This is not a problem that the upper classes bothered about till now
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Cafe Economics | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha 09:07 PM | August 11,2009
Essential public services are in disarray. This is not a problem that the upper classes bothered about till now
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Peter Baker and Rachel Donadio / NYT 11:00 PM | July 10,2009
The meeting produced statements on the economy, Iran and West Asia but made few breakthroughs
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Alessandra Rizzo / AP 01:08 PM | July 10,2009
The strategy seeks to enable poor farmers to produce more of their own food by improving productivity, shifting the focus from delivering aid
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PTI 04:08 PM | July 07,2009
Manmohan Singh said that the issues of food security, energy security and climate change were closely interlinked and are a major cause of concern for developing nations
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Radhieka Pandeya and Pallavi Singh 12:30 AM | July 07,2009
Declining response of agricultural productivity to increased fertilizer use was a matter of concern, says FM
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Liz Mathew and Sanjiv Shankaran 01:45 PM | June 10,2009
Apart from the increase in the subsidy bill, the implementation of the law could cause the government to go against some Supreme Court orders
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01:55 PM | October 16,2008
There is an urgent need to enhance investment in research in public sector and making research products easily available to the farmers
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PTI 11:01 AM | October 12,2008
Global food institute chief foresees lower demand for farm output due to crisis, but asserts food and nutrition security of poor remian a concern
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12:00 AM | June 18,2008
Food security, as defined by availability of grain, has dropped greatly
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Bajinder Pal Singh 12:04 AM | June 16,2008
India’s average per capita availability of cereals declined by 11% to 390.0g in 2005-06 from 442.5g in 1996-97
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Paromita Shastri 12:14 AM | May 07,2008
Findings come at a time when 7%-plus inflation in a poll year has brought food security on political centre stage
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Bharat Ramaswami 01:29 AM | March 01,2008
In the past, declines in poverty have owed more to advances in agricultural productivity than any other factor
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livemint 04:46 PM | September 14,2007
Government is investing heavily in social security schemes so that Indian farmers and workers are able to withstand global competition
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