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ion and other crops, 1.4% in vegetable production and horticulture, while 3.72% are engaged in fruits, nuts, beverages, and spice crops @
The FAO estimates that women produce over 50 percent of all food grown worldwide #
In over all farm production, women's average contribution is estimated at 55% to 66% of the total labour with percentages, much higher in certain regions %
According to 1991 census the male cultivators has increased in the count |
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Displacement
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e acquired across India: 150,000 hectares (the area of National Capital Region). This land - predominantly agricultural and typically multicropped - is capable of producing close to 1 million tons of foodgrains. If SEZs are seen to be successful in the future and more cultivated land is acquired, they will endanger the food security of the country.
The latest available statistics on Special Economic Z |
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RTI rescues Rajasthan women from hunger, deprivation by Mamta Jaitly
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In Vijaypura village, marginalised women, especially widows, have used the RTI tool to procure food grains under PDS and are living a healthy life. The movement, instigated by a young RTI activist, boasts of achieving the millennium goal of reducing hunger by half in the region.
It was from the state of Rajasthan that the Right to Information (RTI) movement emerged as an idea that went on to capture national attention. But few panchayats |
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India lags behind in most MDG indicators
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The report, however, acknowledged the role of India's various rights-based laws and flagship programmes "in improving the lives of its citizens," with access to amenities like adequate food and income, basic education, health services, clean water, sanitation and and empowerment of women.
"The government recognises these challenges. Its commitment is evident from various rights-based laws in place like law on guarantee to wor |
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Govt gives free phones to poor instead of grains by Swati Vashishtha
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Over 1000 Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders in Rajasthan, got free cell phones, instead of the free food grains. It seemed the UPA Government would rather let the food grains rot in open than distribute them for free to the poor.
The Government felt it more important to distribute cell phones to the poor in Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Sachin Pilot's cons |
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Govt's novel gameplan: Hide beggars in covered parks
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y have identified several locations where the beggars would be relocated till the Games are over.
And to prevent beggars from moving out, the government is also contemplating on providing them food and other necessities.
"To ensure they don't defecate in public, we will also station mobile toilets block," said a Delhi government official, requesting anonymity.
The move has come up after the Delhi government's attempt to send |
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Volatile wheat prices are as much a cause for alarm as are high prices
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nd now until next year’s harvest. As a result, wheat prices spiked: they have nearly doubled since the low point in June of $4.26 a bushel. That has prompted global jitters. When the UN’s food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) called a special meeting to discuss rising prices, headlines suggested that the world was facing a food crisis to rival that of 2007-08. Riots in Mozambique in recent day |
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How to rebuild confidence in food markets after this summer’s spike in wheat prices
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and repetition—of returning rains, of seasonal temperatures, of the cycles of life and death—are the essence of agriculture. So perhaps it is not surprising when events recur. In 2007-08, food prices soared. Mozambique and 30 poor countries endured food-price riots. Russia led a procession of grain exporters to restrict sales. And the world had to face up to changes in the pattern of
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We have given food security model: Raman
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structure sector, in particular, recorded good growth in 2009-10. Growth in agriculture and allied sectors was at 4.94%, which I think leaves scope for improvement.
You have a much talked-about food guarantee programme. Many say it should be replicated at the national level.
The food security model has been developed by Chhattisgarh government over the last six years and will be useful for the |
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Govt role must in land buys: Basu
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o the finance ministry Kaushik Basu says the government should step in and acquire land for development projects to protect the interests of farmers. He also explains why the government cannot tackle food inflation by distributing free foodgrain among the poor. Excerpts from interview with ET:
A large number of land-intensive project have run into opposition. Could it actually undermine our infrastruc |
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