The Indian food ministry is setting up more modern grain silos in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana. The government currently has about 64 million tonnes of storage space, of which 20-25 million tonnes are temporary. The rush to add more grain storage facilities is in response to a 10 million tonne increase in […]
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FAO to Help Train AP Farmers in Raising Productivity
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The FAO is working with the Indian Agriculture Department to improve productivity of oilseeds and pulses in Andhra Pradesh. This will consist of a training program tailored to the particular climatic conditions and needs of the region. The FAO will assist in capacity building for staff, especially for efficient water use technologies and the effect […]
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ICAR Plans Student Ready Concept in Farm Courses
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The Indian Council of Agriculture Research is promoting a “student ready” concept through eleven branches of agriculture science, requiring students to undergo “rural awareness work experience” in order to get actual experience in marketing and entrepreneurial skills. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/241946/icar-plans-student-ready-concept.html
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India’s Grain Storage Comes Up Short
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Indian storage capacity again threatens food security as, for the second year in a row, a record grain crop is being harvested without adequate storage facility space. The government will add between 3-4 million tons of storage capacity by May or June, and 11 millions tons by year-end 2013. This move is still questioned, as […]
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Centre Wants to Usher in an Evergreen Revolution: Minister
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The Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs is inaugurating the first Indo-U.S. International Conference on Polymers for Packaging Applications in order to address part of the government’s goal of PHL reduction. The Indian government is hoping to instigate an “Evergreen Revolution,” focused on food processing, the exporting of packaged food to other […]
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The Government of India’s Budget for 2012-2013
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The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Global Agricultural Information Network released a report on the Government of India’s Budget for 2012-2013, highlighting funding for agricultural issues and PHL (PDF). http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/GOI%20Budget%202012-13%20-%20Agricultural%20Highlights_New%20Delhi_India_3-23-2012.pdf
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Designing a Plan to Reduce Food Waste
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Nourishing the Planet is collaborating with Illinois Institute of Technology graduate students on a research project aimed at reducing global food waste, particularly in India, Thailand, and Africa. These projects aim at the “bottom of the pyramid” and will be featured in an upcoming e-book focused on reducing PHL through agricultural practices. http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/designing-a-plan-to-reduce-food-waste/
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FCI to Get Another 8 mt Storage Facility in 18 Months
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The Food Corporation of India is looking to build another 8 metric tonne storage facility in the next 18 months. Currently 51 metric tonnes of space is available in storage facilities when there is a need for storage for 63 metric tonnes. Warehouses are to be built near producing and consuming centers in order to […]
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Factors Responsible for Post Harvest Losses of Paddy in Rewa District in Madhya Pradesh
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The Journal of Progressive Agriculture in India recently publish the paper “Factors responsible for post harvest losses of paddy in Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh.” The paper focuses on 2009 paddy (rice) PHL in Madhya Pradesh and found that harvesting is responsible for causing 7.68 kg/q loss, followed by threshing and winnowing, transportation, storage, and […]
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Post Harvest Losses of Foodgrains Decline
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In the results of two published surveys, India has announced that its PHL of foodgrains has declined. The data comparison on storage losses from a 2004 Millennium Survey with a 2010 ICAR study shows that wheat PHL has been reduced from 8% to 6%, rice has gone from 11% to 5.2%, and maize from 7.5% […]
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