Food Stockpiling

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking urgent United Nations help to build a stockpile of essential foods, the prime minister's office said Friday, after authorities warned of looming starvation.

A growing food security threat is set to push Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a conundrum: continue sending wheat to countries hit by dwindling supplies from the war in Ukraine or stockpile food at home to fend off high inflation.

India will have enough grain stockpiles to feed its poor for at least a year-and-a-half as reserves are likely to further balloon after record harvests in the South Asian nation that has been locked down to check the spread of the coronavirus.

Tebie Gonzalez and Ramiro Ramirez still have their sleek apartment, a fridge covered with souvenir magnets from vacations abroad, and closets full of name brand clothes. But they feel hunger drawing near.

The government announced new rules on Friday making it compulsory for sugar producers to ramp up exports to at least 4 million tonnes in the forthcoming crushing season, to cut stockpiles as the country is set to produce a surplus for a sixth straight year.

The Philippines has stockpiled food supplies in case of evacuations after a volcano emitted ash and smoke six times in recent weeks, officials said today.

The government will examine the feasibility of building government stocks of sugar to cut a surplus of sweetener in the market, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said, a move that would prop up local prices and help money-losing mills pay dues to cane growers.

A principal in Alabama wants to stockpile cans of food such as corn and peas in classrooms so that students could hurl them as weapons in a confrontation with a school intruder.

After months-long deadlock, the World Trade Organisation approved a framework for a global pact to ease customs norms after accepting India's demand to remove constraints on food stockpiling.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has said that the meeting on relaunching trade talks in the wake of the settlement of a US-India row over food subsidies has been postponed to Thursday.

India has not given any concessions to win America's backing on its stand for the World Trade Organization (WTO) deal, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV on Friday.

India has reached an agreement with the United States on public stockpiling of food, commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, paving the way for the implementation of a global trade facilitation deal that has been stalled for months.

India has reached an agreement with the United States on public stockpiling of food, commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, paving the way for the implementation of a global trade facilitation deal that has been stalled for months.

India defied other countries on Wednesday in a row over food stockpiling that has crippled attempts to reach a global trade agreement, raising doubts that backroom talks can reach a compromise before a Group of 20 summit this month.

Officials in Gujarat were preparing on Monday to evacuate residents and stockpile food as they braced for another "very severe cyclonic storm" due to slam into the west coast on Friday morning.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking urgent United Nations help to build a stockpile of essential foods, the prime minister's office said Friday, after authorities warned of looming starvation.

A growing food security threat is set to push Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a conundrum: continue sending wheat to countries hit by dwindling supplies from the war in Ukraine or stockpile food at home to fend off high inflation.

India will have enough grain stockpiles to feed its poor for at least a year-and-a-half as reserves are likely to further balloon after record harvests in the South Asian nation that has been locked down to check the spread of the coronavirus.

Tebie Gonzalez and Ramiro Ramirez still have their sleek apartment, a fridge covered with souvenir magnets from vacations abroad, and closets full of name brand clothes. But they feel hunger drawing near.

The government announced new rules on Friday making it compulsory for sugar producers to ramp up exports to at least 4 million tonnes in the forthcoming crushing season, to cut stockpiles as the country is set to produce a surplus for a sixth straight year.

The Philippines has stockpiled food supplies in case of evacuations after a volcano emitted ash and smoke six times in recent weeks, officials said today.

The government will examine the feasibility of building government stocks of sugar to cut a surplus of sweetener in the market, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said, a move that would prop up local prices and help money-losing mills pay dues to cane growers.

A principal in Alabama wants to stockpile cans of food such as corn and peas in classrooms so that students could hurl them as weapons in a confrontation with a school intruder.

After months-long deadlock, the World Trade Organisation approved a framework for a global pact to ease customs norms after accepting India's demand to remove constraints on food stockpiling.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has said that the meeting on relaunching trade talks in the wake of the settlement of a US-India row over food subsidies has been postponed to Thursday.

India has not given any concessions to win America's backing on its stand for the World Trade Organization (WTO) deal, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV on Friday.

India has reached an agreement with the United States on public stockpiling of food, commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, paving the way for the implementation of a global trade facilitation deal that has been stalled for months.

India has reached an agreement with the United States on public stockpiling of food, commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, paving the way for the implementation of a global trade facilitation deal that has been stalled for months.

India defied other countries on Wednesday in a row over food stockpiling that has crippled attempts to reach a global trade agreement, raising doubts that backroom talks can reach a compromise before a Group of 20 summit this month.

Officials in Gujarat were preparing on Monday to evacuate residents and stockpile food as they braced for another "very severe cyclonic storm" due to slam into the west coast on Friday morning.