-HuffingtonPost Blog Almost all discussions on agriculture begin and end with concerns about the plight of the farmer, the margins of the intermediary, and the ineffectiveness of government policy to address the real issues of those engaged in agriculture. It is easy to blame the government, whether it's the dispensation at the state, Centre or both. Moreover, both are also perfectly capable of blaming each other, even if they are on...
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A breakthrough in aquaculture -B Kolappan
-The Hindu Chennai: Scientists at the Chennai-based Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture have achieved success in breeding milkFish in captivity after 10 long years of research. For the first time in the country, efforts to breed in captivity milkFish (Chanos Chanos), known as Pal Kendai in Tamil, met with success by the Chennai-based Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) at its Experimental Research Station in Muttakadu. “It is a major breakthrough in the...
More »Study: Food price spikes linked with rising malnutrition among Indian children
-Financial Express It focused on the effect of food prices on child nutrition in the Andhra Pradesh, one of India’s largest states, using data from the Young Lives project based at Oxford University An international study, conducted by researchers from the Public Health Foundation of India and the University of Oxford, with a team from Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says spikes in food prices during...
More »Kerala to start facility to produce varieties of Fish products
-PTI KOCHI: Seeking to capitalise the huge demand for value-added Fish products in the country, Kerala government will set up a fully mechanised manufacturing and processing facility with international standards to produce varieties of Fish products. Minister for Fisheries, ports and excise K Babu today said a detailed project report had been prepared and submitted to the National Fisheries Board. "The new unit will increase the production capacity from 5 tonnes to 15...
More »Census 2011 data released: 10 key highlights
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday released the socio-economic and caste census (SECC) 2011 and said that it would be an important input for policy makers. Here are some key points from the census report: 1. This is the first caste census done in Independent India. 2. The last caste census in India happened in 1932. 3. Just 4.6% of all rural households in the country pay income tax. 4....
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