http://www.ukfg.org.uk/orfc2012/ A strategy session to discuss policy opportunities to promote ecological and equitable models of sustainable food production and consumption. Friday 6th January, 13:30 to 15:30, Old Law Library Chaired by: Patrick Mulvany Speakers: Julia Wright, Geoff Tansey, Michel Pimbert While “local food webs”, many of them ecological, will continue to feed most people in [...]

The Indira Gandhi Institute ofDevelopment Research(IGIDR), Mumbai and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi organized a workshop ‘Strengthening the Role of Agriculture for Nutrition Secure India’ on 13 September 2011 at New Delhi. In his welcome and opening remarks, PK Joshi pointed out that the concerns of hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and undernourishment should take our thinking [...]

Supreme Court endorses Cooperative Principles and says Protection under Articles 14 and 19 is available to Cooperatives [Supreme Court’s judgment of 2nd September 2011 in Andhra Pradesh Dairy Cooperatives case: A note on from Rama Reddy, Hyderabad] Dear friends of cooperatives, 1. These are the days of the Reddy Brothers of Karnataka, Jagan & Kiran [...]

Mohan Kanda committee which looked into the crop holiday crisis in AP apart from other things suggested that government should ensure that MSP announced by Govt. of India should cover the cost of production and if there is a gap, state government should bear the gap. According state govt reports it costs Rs. 1270/q for [...]

Solution Exchange for the Food and Nutrition Security Community Query Update From G. Nirmala, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad Good Agriculture Practice (GAP) is intend to bring in “environmental, economic and social sustainability” and result in “safe and quality food and non-food agricultural products”, seems to be challenging task in the present [...]