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Himachal cabinet grants approval to eco-friendly organic farming policy

Himachal Pradesh cabinet in its meeting held here on Friday granted approval to the eco-friendly organic farming policy to benefit small, medium and large farmers, by making efficient use of local and renewable resources, improve fertility of the soil, maximize circulation of plant nutrients and motivate farmers to avoid use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides etc.

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Brazil, Ghana show India way in food security

INDIA continues to debate the definition of the poverty line while Ghana and Brazil became the only two countries during the first decade of the new century to achieve and surpass the United Nations millennium development goal of cutting hunger and poverty in half. The selection of winners for the 25th World Food Prize — the former Brazil president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the former Ghana president, John Agyekum Kufuor — was a recognition of the role political will can play in ensuring

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Agriculture, inclusive growth, top priority in 12th Five Year Plan

Aiming at a higher level of sustainable economic growth, four per cent growth rate in agriculture and promoting rapid growth in the manufacturing sector are among the broad objectives of the State government during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), which will begin in April next, according the draft approach paper prepared by the State Planning Commission (SPC).

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Global meat market patterns: Implications of FAO's annual report

The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) recently released their annual food outlook. Given the bullish sentiment offered to beef and cattle markets throughout much of 2011 from expanding exports, it is prudent to take note of forecasted changes in 2011 consumption, production, and trade relative to 2010.