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Wheat
Climate change may shrink wheat crop yields
Wheat is harvested in temperate zones on more than 220 million hectares, making it the most widely g...
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Amarinder promises Re one per kg wheat flour
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh announced that the government wil...
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MP: Cong accuses govt of wheat purchase scam
The Leader of Oppn in MP assembly Ajay Singh accused the state govt of corruption to the tune of Rs ...
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J’khand govt frees paddy, rice, wheat from VAT
The Jharkhand cabinet approved the policy which was announced during the budget session to make ess...
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`Super` wheat to boost food security
Scientists say they`re close to producing new "super varieties" of wheat that will resist a virulent...
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Punjab procures 110.50 lakh tonnes wheat
Punjab has achieved a new benchmark in wheat procurement as various government agencies and private ...
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`Global warming reduced corn, wheat harvests`
Climate change has stunted the worldwide increase in corn and wheat yields since 1980.
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Wheat flour and almonds `satisfy hunger pangs`
Eating wheat flour and almonds increases the feeling of fullness.
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Wheat procurement down by 90%
Wheat procurement in Punjab, a major producer, has reached just 6.05 lakh tonne which is 90 percen...
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State looks at 4% more wheat output at 157 lakh tonnes
The Punjab government Thursday said the state would achieve wheat output of nearly 157 lakh tonnes...
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30 fall ill after consuming contaminated buckwheat in Haryana
Thirty more people on Wednesday fell ill after consuming food prepared from contaminated buckwheat ...
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Ants, termites can boost wheat yields
Allowing ants and termites to flourish on farmlands can boost wheat yields by more than a third.
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Scientists growing drought resistant wheat
Scientists are developing a new wheat variety which they say could be resistant to drought, diseases...
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‘Taiwan firm to make wheat, rice stalk paper’
The technology to be used is considered environmentally friendly.
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Lower global wheat production not to affect India
India will not be affected by the lower global wheat output projected for the current financial ye...
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BPL families to get rice, wheat at Rs 3 per kg in Haryana
Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said that the government is planning to provide rice an...
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Himachal now insures wheat, barley crops
Himachal Pradesh has now brought wheat and barley crops under an insurance scheme to protect them fr...
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Nepal hopes to win rat race
Rats destroy 35 percent of the millet produced in Nepal, 13 percent paddy and 15 percent wheat
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Massive stocks of wheat found rotting in U`khand
According to media reports, the grain stocks were meant for the consumption of flood-ravaged victims...
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We`ve cracked wheat`s genetic code: Scientists
This could help fight climate change, disease and population growth.
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Scientists crack through wheat`s genetic code
It may help making more robust and plentiful crop breeds to meet the threat of global food shortages...
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Subsidised wheat, rice to 1.5 cr more BPL families from Oct 2
The government is likely to provide subsidised wheat and rice to 1.5 crore additional BPL families f...
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Fad diets ‘could lead to osteoporosis’
Here’s an advice for today’s women turning to strict food regime to stay trim!
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Govt to release more wheat in open mkt to check prices
The government Friday decided to release five million tonnes of wheat in the open market and retain ...
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Hundreds of wheat bags found with soil
Authorities in Punjab on Friday raided the warehouses of a government foodgrain procurement agency a...
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Indian wheat expensive: Bangladesh
Bangladesh will not buy Indian wheat as it finds its price higher than the international market.
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Wheat procurement dips in Punjab, Haryana
Procurement of wheat from Punjab and Haryana, the bread baskets of the country, has come down by 4...
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Rajasthan to sell wheat at Rs 2 per kg
The Rajasthan government would launch an ambitious scheme on Monday to sell wheat to BPL families ...
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MP aims to double wheat purchases this year to 40 lakh tonnes
The MP government plans to procure 40 lakh tonnes of wheat this year, double the amount it lifted la...
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More rice and wheat at lower price through PDS
Concerned over the rising food inflation, the government on Wednesday announced that it will sell ...
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Highest yielding salt tolerant wheat developed
A group of researchers has developed a salt tolerant durum wheat that yields 25 percent more grain t...
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BPL families to get wheat for Rs two a kilo in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government today said its programme to provide wheat to BPL families at the rate of ...
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Australian wheat consignment had overdose of pesticides
A consignment of 1,250 tonnes of wheat imported from Australia was detained at the Chennai port si...
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Punjab seeks more storage space on record wheat arrival
Facing a severe space crunch, Punjab today asked the Food Corporation to create additional storage...
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Wheat procurement up 11% at 130.85 lakh tonne: Govt
The government Monday said that wheat procurement for 2010-11 season, which started this month, has ...
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12-year-old Dalit killed for stealing wheat
A 12-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten to death by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh`s Har...
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Modi launches scheme for providing cheap wheat flour to poor
Modi on Tuesday launched a scheme for providing nutritious soya mixed wheat flour at about Rs 2 a k...
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Stored wheat rots in Punjab as another bumper crop waits
Buffer stocks of wheat stored in the open across Punjab are rotting even as another bumper crop is r...
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Punjab orders probe into supply of wheat seed
The Punjab Government on Thursday ordered a probe into the allegation that the farmers were not gi...
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Govt to soon take a decision on lifting wheat export ban
With huge stocks and a possible record output this year, the Centre will soon take a decision whethe...
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Maha CM seeks 30 pc cut in CIP of wheat, rice
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said the Centre should reduce the Central Issue Price ...
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Delhi govt to sell pulses and wheat at `affordable` prices
With prices of food items witnessing tremendous increase, Delhi government today decided to sell p...
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Sugar, wheat prices dip on government measures
Wholesale rate of sugar, wheat and rice on Thursday fell by up to Rs 50 a quintal in Delhi.
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Delhi govt`s wheat sale scheme gets huge response
Delhi government`s scheme of selling wheat flour at subsidised rates has drawn huge response as ov...
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Govt decides to cut wheat price by about Rs 200/qtl
Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday stated that the cost of wheat would be lowered...
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Private traders export 16,584 tonnes of wheat products
Private trade has exported 16,584 tonnes of wheat and wheat products in 2009 till September, the gov...
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Rice, wheat for Re 1: BJP manifesto
All BPL families would get rice and wheat at Re one per kg if the BJP was voted to power in the as...
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Delhi Govt to sell wheat flour at 132 outlets in city
Delhi Government will sell wheat flour at subsidised rates at 132 outlets across the city from Sat...
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Govt hikes MSP for rabi crops, wheat
The government on Thursday hiked the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of wheat by Rs 20 and chana (gram) ...
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Centre to fix wheat prices under OMSS on actual cost: Pawar
The government on Saturday said it will fix wheat prices on the basis of "actual cost" for sale un...
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