Inflation eases to 7.25 percent; food prices remain high (Lead)
July 16th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) India's headline inflation fell to a five-month low of 7.25 percent in June as compared to 7.55 percent in the previous month, but general food ... Read more...
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Scientists create salt-tolerant wheat
March 12th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 12 (IANS) Salty soil may no longer come in the way of planting wheat but could actually improve its yield by 25 percent, a study reveals.Using 'non-GM' crop ... Read more...
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India faces climate change, hunger risks: Report
October 10th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India has been placed seventh in the list of 21 developing countries for its vulnerability in being able to feed its people and grow food, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Atopic dermatitis is a strong precursor to food allergies
February 6th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 06 (ANI): Increasing evidence indicates that atopic dermatitis is a precursor to allergic diseases rather than a consequence. And now, dermatologists are advising parents of infants and young children affected ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Dr. Vladimir Mironov wants to grow meat in labs
February 1st, 2011 - 2:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A scientist is determined to come up with something that most US agencies are running away from.Dr. Vladimir Mironov aims to grow meat in the lab. ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
India-US development partnership to help the world: Rajiv Shah
November 16th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) The development relationship between the US and India has evolved from traditional donor-donee topeer-to-peer as manifested in their new "Evergreen Revolution" partnership, according to ... Read more...
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‘Multinationals seeking to control global farming’
October 25th, 2010 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Nagoya (Japan) Oct 25 (IANS) The world's largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents by saying they are developing "climate-ready" crops that will grow in ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Protein diet in childhood takes a toll on food binges later
September 30th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 30 (ANI): A high protein diet at a young age makes the body to react unhealthily to future food binges.A study on juvenile rats suggests that lasting changes result ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
No dearth of resources for agriculture: Pranab
July 10th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) There will be no dearth of resources to usher in a green revolution in India's east and Rs.400 crore has been reserved for this, Finance Minister Pranab ... Read more...
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Why some chickens are half male and half female
March 11th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 11 (ANI): A new study have solved a puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be male on one side of the body and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Green activists held before staging rally on food crisis
July 27th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Activists of Greenpeace India, the environmental NGO, were all geared up to stage a rally in front of parliament Monday morning and demand an alternative subsidy system ... Read more...
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Wild fruit trees in danger of becoming extinct
May 8th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 8 (ANI): Scientists have warned that the wild ancestors of common domestic fruit trees are in danger of becoming extinct.According to a report by BBC News, the warning has come ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
“Green” and “blue” water to reduce future food crises
May 6th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 6 (ANI): An analysis by a team of Swedish and German scientists quantifies for the first time the opportunities of effectively using both "green" and "blue" water to adapt to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
G-8 leaders to call for stockpiling basic grains
July 6th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Toyako (Japan), July 6 (DPA) Leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized nations are expected to agree during their summit in Hokkaido to stockpile grains to better cope with future food ... Read more...
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China’s earthquake damaged $6 billion in Agriculture
July 2nd, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
The 8.0-magnitude quake in the southwest has left 700,000 people unemployed and deprived 1.15 million farmers of their livelihood, Xinhua news agency said, quoting provincial vice-governor Li Chengyun.May's devastating earthquake in southwest ... Read more...
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Chinese quake causes $6 billion damage to agriculture: UN
June 30th, 2008 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Rome, June 30 (DPA) Last month's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province caused damage worth $6 billion to agriculture, a UN food agency said Monday. More than 70,000 people died in the ... Read more...
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