Food for All
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
PDS must be ridded of its weeds to reach its most rightful recipient
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For a less hungry nation
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Food security exists when all people have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life, according to the 1996 World Food Summit
eINDIA2008 Conference and Exhibition, 29th – 31st July, 2008, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Upgradation of CSCs for Agri-Business
The National Spot Exchange (NSEL) of India in association with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) has been appointed to upgrade the working of the existing network of Common Service Centres (CSCs) which are a part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of India. Both the organisations will work towards the development of synergies between the NSEL and CSC projects which will provide e-trading platform to the farmers.
Oneworld South Asia (OWSA), India
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Leveraging the ICT niche, OWSA intends to develop, document and disseminate key climatology knowledge using multi-channel media, and work towards multi-stakeholder consensus on climate change and for the realisation of MDGs
ICT potentials in agriculture
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Background
Noboby can gainsay the role of ICTs in modern agriculture and farming practices. To understand the present scenario and to explore further scopes,
UN launches online map to identify food insecurity
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an interactive online map of Combodia to identify areas of food insecurity. The online map highlights how food security is a big challenge in the region.
State of agriculture in India
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Agricultural development is vital in a developing country since a vast majority of the workforce derive their livelihood from it.
Migration Information Centre (MIC) for Rurals
[This article was published in the August 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The detected slowdown in U.S. Internet adoption may soon become a global slowdown.
Mini ecnomic summit emphasises on ICT in national development of Niger delta
Marwa movement, the umbrella organisation of Dr. Mohamed Buba Marwa Presidential Organisation, rose from a mini-economic summit in Abuja, on July 19, deliberated on the importance of research and development (R&D) as well as of Information Computer Technology (ICT) in national development.
