World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Food Security
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What the biofuel goldrush means for food security
recently the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, denounced us president George Bush's new-found fondness for biofuels. Food stocks for millions would be threatened, Castro warned. The octogenarian
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Cottonseeds to check malnourishment?
a new study claims to turn toxic cottonseeds into nutritious dinners for millions of undernourished people across the world. Keerti Rathore, a scientist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment
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Impact of watersheds development of dryland farming in KBK districts of Orissa
In recent years, there is growing opinion on the need to initiate soil and water conservation, to develop watersheds and to provide protective and supplementary irrigation particularly to wastelands, drylands, hill terrains etc., for enhancing production and produtivity.
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Drought tolerant maize launched in African countries
A drought-tolerant maize seed has been launched to boost food security in African countries. <br>
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Disease threatens wheat crops across the world
A virulent wheat disease now threatens the world's wheat crops. According to reports of various international agricultural research centres, this stem rust, known as ug99, has already spread from
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Arunachal's 'economic development' does not bode well for women
FOR many observers, Arunachal Pradesh is an
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Turkmenistan dismisses five governors over food shortage unrest
The Turkmenistan government has dismissed five regional governors in the face of unrest caused by a severe food crisis. Though the country faces a crop failure this winter, the government says the
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US attempt to promote corn ethanol challenged
The west Asian crisis, rising prices and global warming are pushing large oil users to rethink energy alternatives and biofuel has become the buzzword. Various options are
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Organic farming and climate change
Study focusing on organic agriculture and mitigation and adaptation to predictable and unpredictable impacts of climate change - looks at the general contribution of agriculture to climate change; discusses the considerable potential of organic agriculture for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, and its contribution to sequestration of CO2 in the soil; outlines weaknesses of organic agricultur
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Climate change as a security risk
This report summarizes the state-of-the-art of science on the subject of “Climate Change as a Security Risk”.