fertilizer dosage by 23.8%; IV) productivity per acre is not affected by the treatment; V) treated households also were less …

The present paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals, pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and … sugar/sugarcane. It provides the demand and supply projections for food items during 2011, 2021 and 2026. These projections … growth in population and per capita income. A diversification in consumption basket significantly away from cereals has been …

commodities not pereceived by the Government as 'sensitive' from food security point of view so that minimum disruption takes …

sectors of the economy, influence government policy. In particular, this paper focuses on the rise of food prices and a … greater level of influence of a food sector lobby, relative to other political lobbies- and general consumer welfare …. Governments, when considering their objectives, must consider food security along with consumer welfare and the objectives of …

policies. It may be through investing heavily in marketing infrastructure, storage and food processing, changing the APMC Act …

In many parts of the world, soils poor in nutrients are farmed with little addition of fertilizer, further depleting … sanitation and at recycling nutrients as fertilizer. This human fertilizer may act as a substitute for artificial fertilizers … investment program. We do not find any support for human fertilizer being used complementary, although the effect on yields …

up further across the world by the expansion of the processed food industry, which is the second largest user. However …