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Rice Prices Hit 15-Year High Globally After India Curbs: UN Food Body
Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned some overseas sales of the grain, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.
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Zelensky Says Russia Wants "Global Catastrophe", Collapse Of Food Markets
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia's attacks on port infrastructure showed Moscow was intent on creating a "global catastrophe," with a crisis in food markets, prices and supplies.
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Amid War, Ukraine And Russia Sign Deal To Relieve Global Food Crisis
Ukraine and Russia on Friday signed a landmark deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis caused by blocked Black Sea grain deliveries, ending months of negotiations and sending wheat prices tumbling to levels last seen before Moscow's invasion.
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At UN, India's Covid Vaccine Swipe At West As It Defends Wheat Export Ban
Voicing concern over the hoarding of food grains and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices, the government on Wednesday said that the issue should not go the way of Covid-19 vaccines.
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World Food Prices Hit Record High Over Ukraine War: UN Body
World food prices hit an all-time high in March as Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent "shocks" through markets for staple grains and vegetable oils, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
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Cucumber Crisis: Surging Energy Prices Leave British Glasshouses Empty
The hit to UK farms, which need gas to counter the country's inclement weather, is one of the myriad ways the energy crisis and invasion have hit food supplies around the world, with global grain production and edible oils also under threat.
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How Russia's Ukraine War Will Make Bread Unaffordable In The Middle East
Many Middle Eastern countries are seriously concerned about the inevitable shortage of grain as Russia and Ukraine together account for 30 per cent of global wheat exports -- Russia being the world's largest exporter, with Ukraine in fourth place.
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In Draft Rules For Buying Grains, Farmers See Bid To Cut Safety Net MSP
A recent proposal by the Centre on procurement of foodgrains from farmers on Minimum Support Price (MSP) has drawn suspicion from farmers and criticism from the opposition parties.
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Government Amends Rules To Augment Coarse Grains Supply
Government has amended the guidelines for procurement, allocation, distribution and disposal of coarse grains
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Centre Dismisses Food Security Fears Over Ethanol Plan
Dismissing fears that the Ethanol Plan would affect food security, the Centre said that meeting the foodgrain demand will always remain its first priority, but allowing alternative use of rice and maize will help to bring price stability for farmers.
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Farmers Should Be Allowed To Harvest Crop During Lockdown: Yogi Adityanath
Farmers should be given relief from the lockdown to harvest crop, and the UP government would encourage institutions and agencies to purchase food grains directly from the growers at minimum support price or higher, Yogi Adityanath said.
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Yogi Adityanath Assures Farmers Of Right Price Of Their Produce
Acknowledging farmers' contribution in achieving country's self-sufficiency in food grains, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday sought to assure peasants that they would get the right price for their produce.
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Government Raises Wheat Minimum Support Price By 6% For 2018-19
India buys the grain from local farmers at state-set prices to build stocks to run a major food welfare programme.
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Our Government Provides Food Security To 90% People: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government was providing food security to 90 per cent people in the state in a scheme under which food grains at Rs 2 per kg or half the market price are given to the beneficiaries.
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Centre Won't Hike PDS Foodgrain Prices For Another Year: Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
The government today decided not to hike prices of foodgrains sold under the Food Law via ration shops for one more year. Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which was passed in 2013 during the previous UPA regime, there is a provision for revision of the issue prices of foodgrains every three years.
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Rice Prices Hit 15-Year High Globally After India Curbs: UN Food Body
Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned some overseas sales of the grain, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.
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Zelensky Says Russia Wants "Global Catastrophe", Collapse Of Food Markets
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia's attacks on port infrastructure showed Moscow was intent on creating a "global catastrophe," with a crisis in food markets, prices and supplies.
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Amid War, Ukraine And Russia Sign Deal To Relieve Global Food Crisis
Ukraine and Russia on Friday signed a landmark deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis caused by blocked Black Sea grain deliveries, ending months of negotiations and sending wheat prices tumbling to levels last seen before Moscow's invasion.
-
At UN, India's Covid Vaccine Swipe At West As It Defends Wheat Export Ban
Voicing concern over the hoarding of food grains and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices, the government on Wednesday said that the issue should not go the way of Covid-19 vaccines.
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World Food Prices Hit Record High Over Ukraine War: UN Body
World food prices hit an all-time high in March as Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent "shocks" through markets for staple grains and vegetable oils, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
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Cucumber Crisis: Surging Energy Prices Leave British Glasshouses Empty
The hit to UK farms, which need gas to counter the country's inclement weather, is one of the myriad ways the energy crisis and invasion have hit food supplies around the world, with global grain production and edible oils also under threat.
-
How Russia's Ukraine War Will Make Bread Unaffordable In The Middle East
Many Middle Eastern countries are seriously concerned about the inevitable shortage of grain as Russia and Ukraine together account for 30 per cent of global wheat exports -- Russia being the world's largest exporter, with Ukraine in fourth place.
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In Draft Rules For Buying Grains, Farmers See Bid To Cut Safety Net MSP
A recent proposal by the Centre on procurement of foodgrains from farmers on Minimum Support Price (MSP) has drawn suspicion from farmers and criticism from the opposition parties.
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Government Amends Rules To Augment Coarse Grains Supply
Government has amended the guidelines for procurement, allocation, distribution and disposal of coarse grains
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Centre Dismisses Food Security Fears Over Ethanol Plan
Dismissing fears that the Ethanol Plan would affect food security, the Centre said that meeting the foodgrain demand will always remain its first priority, but allowing alternative use of rice and maize will help to bring price stability for farmers.
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Farmers Should Be Allowed To Harvest Crop During Lockdown: Yogi Adityanath
Farmers should be given relief from the lockdown to harvest crop, and the UP government would encourage institutions and agencies to purchase food grains directly from the growers at minimum support price or higher, Yogi Adityanath said.
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Yogi Adityanath Assures Farmers Of Right Price Of Their Produce
Acknowledging farmers' contribution in achieving country's self-sufficiency in food grains, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday sought to assure peasants that they would get the right price for their produce.
-
Government Raises Wheat Minimum Support Price By 6% For 2018-19
India buys the grain from local farmers at state-set prices to build stocks to run a major food welfare programme.
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Our Government Provides Food Security To 90% People: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government was providing food security to 90 per cent people in the state in a scheme under which food grains at Rs 2 per kg or half the market price are given to the beneficiaries.
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Centre Won't Hike PDS Foodgrain Prices For Another Year: Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
The government today decided not to hike prices of foodgrains sold under the Food Law via ration shops for one more year. Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which was passed in 2013 during the previous UPA regime, there is a provision for revision of the issue prices of foodgrains every three years.
