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Pakistan: Food supply at risk as banks reluctant to open letters of credit
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
The inability of banks to open LC's despite the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) directives about import facilitation, poses a threat to the supply of food, as well as, could escalate price pressures and create a shortage of medications.
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Researchers are devising a way to track how fish moves from the water to t
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers are devising a way to track and measure how fish, being one of the world's most-traded commodities, moves from the water to the plate within a country.
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Research reveals how changes to animal feed could feed 1 billion people
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Espoo [Finland], September 20 (ANI): The production of feed for cattle and fish is consuming limited natural resources that could be utilised to create food for people, while millions of people throughout the world are in danger of going hungry or suffering from malnutrition.
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UN expresses concern over food security as Pak floods threaten Afghanistan
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 3 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday expressed concern over the worsening flood situation in Pakistan as it will threaten the food supply to crisis-ridden Afghanistan.
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Climate change leading to frequency of fish mass extinctions
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Arkansas [US], August 27 (ANI): The frequency of fish die-offs, or mass mortality events, has increased as the planet's climate has warmed. These die-offs can have serious consequences for ecosystem function, endanger existing fish populations, and reduce global food supply. And the frequenc
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Salmonella on food production equipment may be eliminated using oil-based
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): A new study suggests that oil formulations with food-grade organic acids can kill dried Salmonella on stainless steel surfaces.
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Zero tolerance towards malpractices in working of department: Punjab Food
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 4 (ANI): Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak on Wednesday chaired a review meeting with the District Food Supply Controllers and the Deputy Directors and said a zero-tolerance policy is being adopted towards malpr
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EU delivers emergency food supplies to Somalia amid severe drought
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], July 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The European Union Wednesday launched a humanitarian air bridge, airlifting emergency supplies to Somalia's hard-to-reach areas.
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Govt bans exports of wheat to ensure food security of citizens
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The reason for the ban on wheat exports is to ensure food security of our citizens and ensure adequate food supply to the public distribution system and also ensure that we are able to direct food supplies to vulnerable food-deficit countries, said government
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Shanghai covid lockdown: Residents complain of getting rotten food due to
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 29 (ANI): The ongoing severe lockdown restrictions in China's Shanghai to contain the spread of COVID-19 has drastically affected the day-to-day lives of the people due to food shortage, a media report said.
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Auto/taxi drivers' associations call off strike
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Unions representing autorickshaws and taxis called off their strike against fuel price hike on Tuesday, however, they have warned that if the demands of auto/taxi drivers are not met within the next 25 days, they will cut Delhi's food supply chain.
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Ukraine conflict would affect food supply in Europe, Africa, says French p
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Versailles [France], March 12: French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed concern that the conflict in Ukraine would affect food supply in Europe and Africa.
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