Tag: Food production
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Food For All
The required increase in food production can be achieved if investments are made and policies conducive to agricultural production are put in place. But increasing production is not enough to achieve food security. It must be complemented by policies to enhance access by fighting poverty
October 8, 2020 -
Climate change may affect food, water security, warns UN chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres bluntly warned world leaders that the impact of climate change could affect food production, water security and weather patterns "from Canada to India", amid threats by US President Donald Trump that he may pull out of the landmark Paris deal. Guterres said climate change is "undeniable", in a stark contrast to …
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May 31, 2017 -
Reduce methane from food production
Breeding rice to require less flooding, altering feed for livestock to lessen intestinal processes that create methane, promoting less meat-intensive diets and deploying more farm bio-digesters can be possible solutions for reducing the polluting gas from food production, a study has shown. In the journals Earth System Science Data and Environmental Research Letters published on …
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December 13, 2016 -
Reduce methane from food production
Breeding rice to require less flooding, altering feed for livestock to lessen intestinal processes that create methane, promoting less meat-intensive diets and deploying more farm bio-digesters can be possible solutions for reducing the polluting gas from food production, a study has shown. In the journals Earth System Science Data and Environmental Research Letters published on …
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December 13, 2016 -
Odisha bags 9th Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated the agriculture & farmers’ empowerment department as well as the farmers of the state for the prestigious Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016. State agriculture minister Pradeep Maharathi on Monday handed over the trophy to the chief minister at the Secretariat. It may be recalled that Odisha received the 9th Global …
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September 13, 2016 -
British Airways resumes direct flights to Iran
British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran starting from Thursday night after a gap of four years, the UK flag carrier has announced. A British Airways (BA) Boeing 777 will take off at about 8.00 pm from London’s Heathrow Airport bound for Tehran heralding six BA flights per week to the Iranian …
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September 1, 2016 -
Night Tube begins in London after year-long delay
The Night Tube was launched in the London Underground on Saturday — almost three years since the plan was first announced. Trains will now run on the Victoria and Central lines on Fridays and Saturdays between 12.30 a.m. and 5.30a.m., the BBC reported. London Underground expects 50,000 people to use the Night Tube each weekend, …
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August 20, 2016 -
Educate every girl child: Modi tells village heads
Educate every girl child: Modi tells village heads
August 9, 2016