Agricultural-News from January 2017
Despite farmers’ apprehension, the new crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, is considered a game changer.
India's new Food Composition Table is out providing data on 151 food
components found in 528 foods, including both plants, marine and
animals-based foods collected from six geographical regions in India.
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/
Top investigator on 2013 tragedy: How pesticide got into midday meal, killed 23 Bihar kidshttp://indianexpress.com/
US EPA finds malathion, chlorpyrifos and diazinon to be harmful to most
endangered species. Diazinon is banned for use in agriculture in India,
but the Anupam Verma Committee which reviewed 66 pesticides banned
elsewhere, recommended continuation of use of Chlorpyrifos and
Malathion, and wanted them to be reviewed again in 2018!
http://www.ecowatch.com/97-of-
http://www.ecowatch.com/97-of-
Nurturing Biodiversity, Modern Agriculture cultivates climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/
Union Agriculture Department to ban these 18 pesticides, concerns about the remaining 48 pesticides remain http://www.thehansindia.com/
Karnataka Alliance for Safe Food, brings Bangaloreans to brainstorm about the safety and sustainability of food we eat
http://economictimes.
(FSSAI) has released benchmarks to fortify the nutritional quality of food items used in social sector programmes such as ICDS, PDS and midday meals
http://timesofindia.
Junk the food: aggressive marketing for designer food in our popular culture and the damage it brings along http://thestatesman.com/
http://economictimes.
(FSSAI) has released benchmarks to fortify the nutritional quality of food items used in social sector programmes such as ICDS, PDS and midday meals
http://timesofindia.
Junk the food: aggressive marketing for designer food in our popular culture and the damage it brings along http://thestatesman.com/
Genetic modification is not a panacea and certainly not an evil, says
Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan who promises to evolve a
solution which is best for the people as well as acceptable to farmers. http://www.financialexpress.
The
world's largest agribusiness corporations are rolling out a
public-private partnership programme to take control of food and farming
in the Global South. Under
a logic of “public-private partnership”, the multinational agribusiness
companies participating in Grow are fostering close ties with
governments in order to increase their control over markets and supply
chains.
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SOURCE : GOOD FOOD FOR ALL MAGAZINE (ONLINE) ; AKANSHA ROY
SOURCE : GOOD FOOD FOR ALL MAGAZINE (ONLINE) ; AKANSHA ROY
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