food-security

India's wheat stockpile is at 19.37 million tons as of Feb. 1, nearly double the country's annual buffer requirement, but the government is considering a bonus as it wants to ensure that it has sufficient stock to meet a food-security law that widens subsidized sales to the poor.

Indian Officials: Bonus Price for Wheat Planned Rajesh Roy 2011

"The uncertainty surrounding this outlook is greater than usual," the ECB said, adding "this is due to their high level of sensitivity to weather conditions in different parts of the world, the size of critical crops in a number of areas and the increase in stockpiling to counter the uncertainty in supply—be it because of speculative motives to invest in food commodities as an asset, or because of food-security policies."

ECB: Ready to Act Against Inflation Nina Koeppen 2011

The success of the food-security plan hinges on how efficiently the government can provide food to India's remote interiors and far-flung corners.

India Can't Get the Food Right Wrong Harsh Joshi 2011

Instead, New Delhi's response to signs of economic turbulence has been to push through massive social-spending programs, including a food-security bill that will cost the state billions of dollars and further pressure finances, economists say.

Anticorruption Bill Fails in India Vibhuti Agarwal 2011

Perhaps the only thing we can say with certainty is that the 9 billionth child -- and I am not trying to be sardonic here -- will be a boy or a girl, unless the world community in earnest addresses "climate change, food-security issues, energy shortages, water scarcities, disease, health issues and gender empowerment," in an integrated way, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges.

Dorian de Wind: Will Halloween 2050 Be Trick or Treat for the World's 9 Billionth Child? Dorian de Wind 2011

On tap: anticorruption and national food-security bills.

India Starts Key Session Paul Beckett 2011

India's food subsidy is estimated to balloon to 949.73 billion rupees $18.05 billion in the first year of implementing the food-security program, up from about 673 billion rupees now.

India Cabinet May Discuss Food Security Bill Sunday Rajesh Roy 2011

Perhaps the only thing we can say with certainty is that the 9 billionth child -- and I am not trying to be sardonic here -- will be a boy or a girl, unless the world community in earnest addresses "climate change, food-security issues, energy shortages, water scarcities, disease, health issues and gender empowerment," in an integrated way, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges.

Dorian de Wind: Will Halloween 2050 Be Trick or Treat for the World's 9 Billionth Child? Dorian de Wind 2011

They felt the country had a food-security problem, so they wanted to produce an agricultural surplus.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

They felt the country had a food-security problem, so they wanted to produce an agricultural surplus.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010