-The Economic Times It's hard to think of a cereal that is more intrinsic to Indian culture than rice. It journeys with us for a whole lifetime - with the first solid food a baby is traditionally fed during the annaprashan ceremony to sprinkling it over a deceased person's mouth during the last rites. A vast majority of the Indian population eats rice as its staple grain, similar to Asian countries...
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Malnutrition, not hunger, ails India -Arvind Virmani and Charan Singh
-Live Mint According to Unicef, India houses one-third of the stunted, wasted and malnourished children of the world Malnutrition is a persistent problem in India, though it is often confused with hunger. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 18% of India's population was undernourished in 2012. Undernourishment is the main cause of children's deaths, and according to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), India houses one-third of the stunted,...
More »Kharif rice output projected to drop to 92.32 million tonnes: Government
-PTI NEW DELHI: Country's rice production is projected to drop to 92.32 million tonnes in the Kharif season this year due to deficient rains in some states, but the overall foodgrain output is estimated to rise marginally to 129.32 million tonnes in the same period. The rice production stood at 92.76 million tonnes in the kharif (summer) season of the 2012-13 crop year (June-July), while total foodgrain output was estimated at 128.20...
More »Kharif Foodgrain Output May Surpass 2012 Level: Pawar
-Outlook India's foodgrain production is projected to increase marginally in the kharif (summer) season this year to 129.32 million tonnes after more than half the country received normal monsoon rains. "Total foodgrain production in the kharif season of the 2013-14 crop year is definitely expected to be higher than last year's level at 129.32 million tonnes," Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told PTI. Foodgrain output stood at 128.2 million tonnes in last year's kharif...
More »FCI to sell 2 million tonnes of wheat in international market -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will export two million tonnes of wheat in the coming months to earn valuable foreign exchange of nearly $ 600 million for the country. The proposal to export the wheat from the stocks of the central pool of FCI was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) last month. A sub-committee, headed by FCI Chairman and MD C Viswanath,...
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