Whither the food security law?

The Federal National Council on Tuesday called for a transparent, comprehensive and a robust national food security policy to meet future challenges. The issue was raised by member Ahmed Ubaid Al Mansouri addressed to Dr Rashid Ahmed bin Fahd, ...

New Delhi: Food Minister KV Thomas on Thursday virtually ruled out bringing an Ordinance on the National Food Security Bill and favoured discussion on the proposed legislation in the coming session of the Parliament. "We have various options and the same were ...

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, a national investor-rights law firm, today reminded investors that 43 days remain before the June 25, 2013, lead plaintiff deadline in a securities class-action lawsuit brought against Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Congress is on a track to wrap up a national tracing system for pharmaceuticals, the Pharmaceutical Distribution Security Alliance (PDSA) reported last week. An amendment to the Federal Food and Drug Cosmetics Act would preempt states traceability ...

* House, Senate panels plan to draft farm bill next week * Split on food stamps widens from last year * Food stamps make up largest part of farm bill spending WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Lawmakers are preparing for a second run at writing the new ...

Insects are a virtually "untapped" source of food for people, livestock and pets, according to the United Nations. Two billion people already supplement their diets with creepy-crawlies and insect farming could be one way to address food security, a ...

PATRICIA Ondere, has since 1986 been growing maize, beans and ground nuts on her two acre farm in Sega, Siaya County. She has all along been reluctant to switch to any other crop having been made to believe that these were the main crops suited for ...

New Delhi: It's all-out war in Parliament as the government tries to push through its flagship food security bill and the Opposition refuses to vote on it until the two ministers smeared by scandal - Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railways Minister ...

PHNOM PENH, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's National Assembly on Thursday adopted a law on farmers' cooperatives in order to support government policies in bolstering the agricultural sector, particularly paddy production and milled rice exports.