Bharti, Del Monte launch food products range
May 26th, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Bharti group, promoted by the Delhi-based Mittal family, has ventured into food and beverage products in partnership with the Singapore-based Del Monte Pacific at an initial investment ... Read more...
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Bharti group eyes farm produce retail with $2.5 bn investment
May 18th, 2009 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
By Anuradha Shukla
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Agriculture and retailing of farm-based products will be the next focus areas for the diversified Bharti group with a war chest of $2.5 billion. The ... Read more...
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UK troops to get Thai green curry and chicken tikka masala in new ration packs
May 13th, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 13 (ANI): The British Defence Ministry has seen fit to issue troops with a new menu of ration packs based on modern tastes and takeaway dishes such as Thai green ... Read more...
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Assamese woman munches world’s hottest chillies, sets record
April 10th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Jorhat (Assam), April 10 (IANS) A demure 26-year-old mother of one in Assam is all set to have her name entered in record books after having munched 51 of ... Read more...
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Climate change may intensify food crisis, warns UN
February 17th, 2009 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Feb 17 (DPA) As environment ministers from across the world gathered in the Kenyan capital, the UN Tuesday warned that the global food crisis could be intensified dramatically by climate change.
A ... Read more...
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International food aid not enough to solve global malnutrition crisis
November 25th, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): While discussing the controversies surrounding international food aid, the editors of journal PLoS Medicine came to the conclusion that "donor-supported food programs are not enough as a ... Read more...
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Nepal keen to build partnership with international community, says Prachanda
September 27th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept 27 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda stated at the UN General Assembly that Nepal government would build partnership with the international community to create an atmosphere for a ... Read more...
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India, France likely to sign agreement to start nuclear commerce
September 20th, 2008 - 9:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , Sept 20 (ANI): India and France are likely to sign a frame work agreement to start nuclear commerce between the two countries.The agreement will be signed during ... Read more...
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Andhra Pradesh chief minister promises to prevent food crisis
August 15th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 15 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Friday assured people that he would prevent any food crisis in the state by continuing his focus on agriculture and irrigation. ... Read more...
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‘India very important partner for Angola’
August 7th, 2008 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Aug 7 (IANS) India is a very important partner for Angola as the southern African country starts to move out of the least developed nations list, Angolan Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo ... Read more...
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London, New York, get set to savour northeast Indian delicacies
August 2nd, 2008 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
By Maitreyee Boruah
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) The West may be high on tikka and tandoori, but here come meat with bamboo shoot, cooked wild herbs, banana stems and more. Dishes from India's ... Read more...
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Plant roots being modified to be better at finding water
July 31st, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Most of the water brought by irrigation to grow crops evaporates even before reaching plant roots, a huge waste of resources that contributes to the global food crisis. ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to propose ‘food crisis fund’ for SAARC
July 22nd, 2008 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, July 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka Monday said it would propose for the creation of "food crisis fund" and generation of buffer stocks for the SAARC member countries to face ... Read more...
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Cultural cuisines little changed over generations
July 10th, 2008 - 7:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 10 (ANI): Brazilian researchers have found that cultural cuisines remain little changed as generations move on.Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo used the medieval cookery book Pleyn Delit, ... Read more...
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‘Converting foods into bio-fuels leading to poverty’
July 8th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Echoing Indian concerns that conversion of food grains into bio-fuels is worsening the food price situation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tuesday asked "some developed ... Read more...
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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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Brazil’s energy giant says oil prices will remain high
July 2nd, 2008 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 2 (IANS) The oil prices will remain high as long as the current conditions continue to prevail, Brazil's energy giant Petrobas has said, Spain's EFE reported Wednesday. Besides others, speculation ... Read more...
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Fortified cassava can offer a day’s nourishment in one meal
July 1st, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): An international team of scientists has engineered how to fortify the cassava plant a staple root crop with enough vitamins, minerals and protein so that it can ... Read more...
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‘World food prices doubled in past three years’
June 26th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The world food prices have roughly doubled over the past three years, while witnessing an alarming 85 percent jump between April 2007 and April 2008, according to ... Read more...
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Steps needed to avert food crisis in India: experts
June 26th, 2008 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) India, relatively less affected by volatility in global food prices, may face a crisis if precautionary measures are not undertaken, experts says. Jai Dev Aggarwal, chairman and ... Read more...
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Montek to meet Pakistan plan panel chief today
June 24th, 2008 - 9:51 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 24 (ANI): Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia will meet his Pakistani counterpart Salman Faruqui here today to discuss the development issues concerning the two countries.
Faruqui, ... Read more...
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Land reforms averted food crisis in Venezuela: Chavez
June 22nd, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, June 22 (IANS) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said the "agrarian revolution and land reforms" he has initiated helped the country face the global food crisis on its own strength, EFE ... Read more...
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Cheap food is no so cheap for poor countries: Study
June 20th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 20 (ANI): A Senior Research Fellow in the New Delhi office of the International Food Policy Research Institute says that cheap food is not actually cheap for poor countries. ... Read more...
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Cuba releases images of Fidel Castro after six months
June 19th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, June 19 (IANS) After almost six months, Cuba's ailing leftist leader Fidel Castro has appeared on state television. This time he was shown chatting with his younger brother and the country's ... Read more...
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India slams US for blaming it for global food crisis
June 12th, 2008 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) India Wednesday slammed the US for blaming it for the global food crisis, and said the major reason behind the sky-high food prices was the shift from ... Read more...
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India must protect its interests in climate change talks: PM
June 12th, 2008 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) India must protect its national interests when global solutions to the challenge of climate change are devised, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Wednesday. "The world shares ... Read more...
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EU-US summit opens in Slovenia with packed agenda
June 10th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Brdo (Slovenia), June 10 (DPA) Top European Union (EU) officials were holding talks with US President George W Bush Tuesday at the start of his final European tour, designed to affirm trans-Atlantic ... Read more...
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SICA Foreign Ministers to meet Pranab Mukherjee today
June 10th, 2008 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Foreign Ministers of the countries of the
Central American Integration System (SICA), comprising eight members, will meet External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, here today.Issues like strengthening ... Read more...
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China’s food crisis will exacerbate global shortage
June 9th, 2008 - 10:22 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing, June 9 (DPA) China's rising grain demand is poised to exacerbate the global food crisis over the next few years. Having only seven percent of the world's total farmable land at ... Read more...
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Rising ozone levels in atmosphere are a likely contributor to global food crisis
June 7th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 7 (ANI): A new research has indicated that rising background levels of ozone in the atmosphere are a likely contributor to the global food crisis, since ozone has been ... Read more...
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World Economic Forum on Africa opens in Cape Town
June 4th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Cape Town, June 4 (DPA) The World Economic Forum on Africa opened in Cape Town Wednesday against the backdrop of rising food prices that further aggravate food insecurity on the continent. Around ... Read more...
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World leaders hold crisis talks on global food prices (Lead)
June 3rd, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Rome, June 3 (DPA) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders attending a summit in Rome Tuesday, to lift trade restrictions, taxes and other price controls that have helped spur food prices ... Read more...
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African development conference ends with food action plan
May 30th, 2008 - 5:16 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Yokohama ( Japan), May 30 (DPA) Threatened by soaring global food prices, African leaders and their development parties Friday called for urgent action to ramp up food production on the continent at ... Read more...
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African development conference concludes with food action plan
May 30th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by admin
Yokohama (Japan), May 30 (DPA) Threatened by soaring global food prices, African leaders and their development partners Friday agreed to address hunger as well as increase food supplies over the long term ... Read more...
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Mexico to redouble austerity measures amid food crisis
May 28th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by admin
Mexico City, May 28 (IANS) Mexico will redouble austerity measures as part of an emergency plan to help families deal with the impact of global food crisis, EFE news agency reported Wednesday. ... Read more...
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