-The New Indian Express THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union Government should not go ahead with the implementation of the Dr Meenakumari Report on Fishing sector, the Kerala Swathanthra Matsyathozhilali Federation state committee has demanded. Inaugurating a workshop on deep sea Fishing policy, organised by the Federation in association with National Fishworkers' Forum and Association of Deep Seagoing Artisanal Fishermen in the city the other day, Labour Minister Shibu Baby John opined that implementing the...
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World hunger falls, but 805 million still chronically undernourished
-FAO MDG target to halve proportion of world's hungry still within reach by end of 2015 Rome: About 805 million people in the world, or one in nine, suffer from hunger, according to a new UN report released today. The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI 2014) confirmed a positive trend which has seen the number of hungry people decline globally by more than 100 million over the last decade and...
More »India Looks Forward to Active Participation of FAO to Meet Challenges in Agriculture –Radha Mohan Singh
-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Agriculture Union Minister for Agriculture, Shri Radha Mohan Singh had a meeting with DG, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) here today. Apprising FAO of the significant strides made by India in agriculture and allied sectors during last few years, he said that India has not only achieved self sufficiency in food but also did extremely well in horticulture, dairying, milk production, Fisheries, post harvest management and...
More »Bengal's women learn to extract good food from dry land -Ajitha Menon
-Women's Feature Service Tribal families in Bankura, West Bengal, living on a stable diet of potato and rice and occasionally some 'daal' (lentils), are now consuming a variety of vegetables, cereals, fruits and animal protein with relish on a daily basis, marking a sea change in the nutrition parametres in one of the most backward districts of India. The credit for this dramatic transformation goes to the dry land sustainable integrated farming...
More »Total livestock population declined by 3.33% over last five years
-The Hindu Business Line The number of animals-in-milk rose to 80.52m, says 19th Livestock Census (2012) There was an overall decline of 3.33 per cent in the total livestock population in the country, according to the 19th Livestock Census (2012), compared to the 2007 census. In 2012, the total livestock population, consisting of buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs, horses and ponies, mules, donkeys, camels, mithun and yak, stood at 512.05 million in 2012 against...
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