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Food prices will start falling in 2 months: Rangarajan

Articles: 2, Last update: Mar 12, 2010 10:04:00 PM, Start: Mar 12, 2010 6:28:00 PM

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Food prices to cool after rabi harvest

financialexpress Friday, March 12, 2010 10:04:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Food inflation[2]; food price inflation[1];

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Food inflation in the country is likely to come down to 6-7% by the second half of 2010-11, said C Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister's economic Advisory Council....

Open global trade in food commodities to prevent price rise

financialexpress Friday, March 12, 2010 10:04:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[2]; agriculture[3]; agricultural[2];

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Other categories: Food Security & Aid; Trade; UN Bodies;

As the world braces itself for another round of high food prices riding on the back of an impending recovery in world economies, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned nations to strengthen the international trading systems to prevent a recurrence of 2008 events....

Centre considers compensation for Punjab, Haryana

financialexpress Friday, March 12, 2010 10:04:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) agricultural[2];

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Entities: Singh Badal[1];

Other categories: DG Taxation & Customs Union;

Punjab and Haryana, which fear huge loss of revenue with purchase tax subsuming with the proposed GST, may get compensation, a Central Board of Excise and Customs official said on Friday....

Policy direction needed to boost livestock sector

financialexpress Friday, March 12, 2010 10:04:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[2]; agriculture[1]; agricultural[1];

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Other categories: Ecology; Climate Change; Environment (general); UN Bodies;

The global livestock sector has far outpaced the regulatory capacity of governments and societies and this has major implications on areas such as environment and human health....

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DOJ and USDA Hold First-Ever Workshop on Competition Issues in Agriculture

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 9:40:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[4]; agriculture[6];

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Entities: Tom Miller[1]; Christine Varney[1]; Steve Bullock[1]; Charles Grassley[1]; Eric Holder[2]; Community College[1]; Tom Vilsack[1]; Leonard Boswell[1];

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Tom Vilsack said: "In my travels across the country, I hear a consistent theme: producers are worried whether there is a future for them or their children in agriculture, and a viable market is an important factor in what that future looks like," "These issues are difficult and complex, which is why this workshop today is so important and long overdue"

First of Five Workshops Features Discussion on Competitive Dynamics in the Seed Industry, Trends in Contracting, Transparency and Buyer Power WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Jus......

SBA Disaster Loans Available Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration in Georgia

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 9:40:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[2]; Agricultural[1]; agricultural[1];

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Other categories: Manmade Disasters;

ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in all Georgia counties except Catoosa, Columb...

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State furthers women’s empowerment

HindustanTimes Friday, March 12, 2010 9:29:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) rural development[2];

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Entities: Ashok Chavan[1]; Jayant Patil[1];

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Jayant Patil said: “It is unfortunate that even today there are some political parties that do not want to give women their dues. And there seems to be an overall apprehension on whether this bill will see the light of day in the Lok Sabha”

State rural development minister Jayant Patil said the cabinet had unanimously accepted 50 per cent reservation for women in local self-government well before the women’s reservation bill made it to the Rajya Sabha, reports HT Correspondent ....

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Sh1m boost for Leopards from ministers Ruto and Balala

eastandard Friday, March 12, 2010 9:15:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[1]; Agriculture Minister[1];

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Entities: Najib Balala[1]; William Ruto[1];

Kenya Premier League (KPL) side AFC Leopards Friday received a Sh1m boost from two Cabinet Ministers....

CPI(M): ban futures trading of essentials

Hindu Friday, March 12, 2010 8:49:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[1]; Agriculture Minister[1]; agricultural[1];

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Entities: Sanjay Raut[1]; Sitaram Yechury[1]; Manohar Joshi[1]; Abani Roy[1]; Prakash Javadekar[1]; Sharad Pawar[1];

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Abani Roy said: “If this government is unable to give essential commodities at affordable prices then we will try to change this ineffective government,”

Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday in the Rajya Sabha demanded a ban on futures and forward trading of all agricultural and essential commodities as it asserted that it was one of the reasons for the rise in the prices of food and essential commodities....

President hosts innovators

HindustanTimes Friday, March 12, 2010 8:43:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[1]; agriculture[1];

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Entities: Pratibha Patil[1];

C. Mallesham (37) grew up watching his mother sweat over her asu (the base for saree material) while making the famous Pochampalli silk sarees....

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BB tightens money supply to curb inflation: Tk 15000 cr withdrawn in one month

nationittefaq Friday, March 12, 2010 8:21:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) food inflation[4]; Food inflation[1];

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Entities: Mustafizur Rahman[1]; Bangladesh Bank[5];

Pulack Ghatack People's misery is mounting amidst continuous increase of inflationary pressure on their household economy. Urban people, mostly the lower and fixed income groups, are suffering the most, as inflation is impacting more in urban areas (9.1 per cent in December 2009) than in rural areas (8....

Floods leave over 80 Kanyemba families stranded

herald Friday, March 12, 2010 8:19:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) agriculture[2]; Police[1];

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Other categories: Food Security & Aid; Echo;

More than 80 families in Kanyemba, Mbire District are stranded after floods hit the area and destroyed their homes, crops and other property following heavy rains in Zambia on Thursday last week....

Farmers urged to adjust to changing weather patterns

herald Friday, March 12, 2010 8:19:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[1]; agriculture[1]; agricultural[1]; farming[1];

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Entities: Webster Shamu[1];

Other categories: Climate Change;

Government has called on farmers to adjust to changing weather patterns and become more scientific in their approach to agriculture....

Farmers warned

fijitimes Friday, March 12, 2010 8:12:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[2]; Agriculture Ministry[1]; agricultural[1];

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THE Agriculture Ministry has called on farmers to take all necessary precautions to secure life and property as the cyclone approaches Fiji....

US pledges to probe, bust agribusiness monopolies

finanznachrichten-en Friday, March 12, 2010 8:00:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[1]; agriculture[4]; AGRICULTURE[1]; agricultural[1];

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Entities: Christine Varney[1]; Eric Holder[1]; Carey Gillam[2]; Tom Vilsack[1]; David Gregorio[1];

Other categories: Agricultural Products - Animal Products;

By Carey Gillam ANKENY, Iowa, March 12 (Reuters) - Two U.S. cabinet members and other top officials on Friday pledged a thorough examination of allegations ......

No rollback in petrol, diesel prices: FM

HindustanTimes Friday, March 12, 2010 7:58:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Food inflation[1];

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Entities: Yashwant Sinha[1]; Pranab Mukherjee[1];

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Pranab Mukherjee said: “I would love to respond to the demands (of the Opposition) but my financial condition does not permit me to do so. Please excuse me. Therefore, I am unable to do so,”

Pranab Mukherjee said: “We cannot live on borrowed resources, I would not like to have a scenario where I have to pledge my gold to borrow money,”

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday dismissed demands for a rollback in the prices of petrol and diesel, stating the financial condition does not permit a cut, reports HT Correspondent ....

Flouting Its Own Laws, Eu Accomodates "made In Israel"

bignewsnetwork-palestine Friday, March 12, 2010 7:45:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) agricultural[2]; fruit and vegetables[1];

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Entities: Tony Blair[1]; George Orwell[1]; John Hilary[1]; Gordon Brown[1]; Shimon Peres[1]; Peter Mandelson[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Donald Macintyre[1]; Phyllis Starkey[1];

Other categories: Society; CourDeJustice; EU-USA; DG Taxation & Customs Union; EC News; Market;

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George Orwell wrote: "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them,"

This sleight of hand was performed with the aid of a terse document dispatched from London to Brussels. In it, Britain expressed concern about how goods originating from Israeli settlements in the Wes......

Liberian President praises P4P

reliefWeb-latestUpdates Friday, March 12, 2010 7:38:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[2]; farming[2];

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Entities: Linda Thomas-Greenfield[1]; Ellen Johnson[2]; Linda Thomas[1]; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf[4];

Other categories: UN Bodies; Agricultural Products - Arable crops, sugar, animal feed, fibre plants;

Launched by WFP and implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Gender and Development, FAO, and UNDP, P4P in Liberia is supporting 6,000 smallholder farmers improve their farming practices, ensure a market for their crops, and earn more money as a result....

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Bulgaria Parliament Committee Endorses GMO Prohibition

novinite Friday, March 12, 2010 7:20:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: GMO; Food Safety (general);

MPs from the Bulgaria Parliamentary Environment Committee have endorsed further amendments to the GMO Act which prohibit GM crops in the country. Deputy Environment Minister, Evdokia Maneva, reported Friday that the MPs had unanimously endorsed the proposal made by GERB MP Kostadin Yazov to prohibit.......

'Feed Your Brain' at the 2010 Youth Expo April 9 & 10 at the OC Fair

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 7:09:00 PM CET | info

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COSTA MESA, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2010 Youth Expo theme is "Feed Your Brain," which is what local students are encouraged to do at this annual fun-filled event. The two-day expo, which takes ......

Lesbian teen fights for prom

news24 Friday, March 12, 2010 7:01:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Jared Polis[1]; Liberties Union[1];

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Jared Polis said: "This situation with the prom is a perfect example of why we need to protect students from discrimination. In this case it's a prom. It other cases, it's getting beaten up or killed,"

An American teenager has taken the Mississippi school district to court to reinstate a school dance it cancelled to her sexual orientation....

LAPO unveils medium-term growth plans

vanguardngr Friday, March 12, 2010 6:55:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: EU2020;

Life Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) has reeled out its medium term project plans, which include reaching out to one million clients in few years to come....

Texas Cattle Rancher Says the FAO and the EPA are in Pursuit of Culture - Not Climate Change

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 6:39:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Obama Administration[1];

Other categories: Ecology; Climate Change; Environment (general); Climate Action - general; UN Bodies;

A Texas cattle rancher’s review of the much quoted and applauded FAO report, “Livestock’s Long Shadow”, exposes the fallacy and fraud and socialistic intent of the FAO’s indictment of the Cow as the planet’s greatest contributor to Global Warming. Colmesneil, ......

Now the Americans are certain no one is in charge here

haaretz Friday, March 12, 2010 6:37:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Joseph Biden[1]; Shalom Simhon[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Tzipi Livni[1]; Ariel Sharon[2]; Gilad Sharon[2]; Avigdor Lieberman[1]; Ariel Atías[1]; Theodor Herzl[1]; Ehud Olmert[1]; Menachem Begin[1]; Isaac Herzog[1]; Binyamin Ben-Eliezer[3]; Danny Danon[1]; Rahm Emanuel[1]; Ehud Barak[1];

One day last November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was surprised to discover that his government was energetically building in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood, beyond the pre-1967 Green Line. This was right in the middle of a very delicate and tense period vis-a-vis the American administration....

AgResearch job cuts

nzherald Friday, March 12, 2010 6:33:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Jim Anderton[1];

The decision to axe up to 43 jobs at AgResearch, the Government's biggest state science company, will hamper growth in the most productive parts of NZ's economy, says former Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton. Redundancies were a direct......

Lucusse commune opens to agriculture investment

angolapress-en Friday, March 12, 2010 6:29:00 PM CET | info

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Moxico, Lucusse - Businessmen of Lucusse commune, in eastern Moxico province, were urged to invest in this region, as it has great agricultural and farming potentialities, Angop has learnt. This call was addressed by the local official for economic and productive affairs, Manuel Luis, while speaking.......

Food prices will start falling in 2 months: Rangarajan

HindustanTimes Friday, March 12, 2010 6:28:00 PM CET | info

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The spiralling food inflation, which has become the biggest concern of people in the country, would start declining in two months after the winter crops come into the market, C Rangarajan, who heads the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, said in Kolkata....

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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Department of Justice and USDA Agriculture Workshop

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 6:09:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Agriculture) Agriculture[3]; agriculture[4]; farming[1];

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Entities: Eric Holder[2];

ANKENY, Iowa, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following are remarks as prepared for delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Department of Justice and USDA Agriculture Workshop: T......

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