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Nascimento Fernandes is a third-generation beef trader in Goa. Ubaldo’s Beef Shop, set up by his grandfather in the 1920s, overlooks Calangute’s bustling fish market. Fresh beef from Belgaum, in neighbouring Karnataka, is brought in daily. Five minivans make deliveries in Panjim, Mapusa, Ponda, Vasco and Margao about fifteen to twenty tonnes a day between 7 am and 10 am. These supplies then make their way to traders like Fernandes, who caters to both residents of the village and the restaurants and beach shacks in the area. During festivals, live buffalos and bulls have often been transported from Karnataka to a state-run abattoir.
The New Farm Laws May Facilitate a Shift in India s Agricultural Export Policy
Increasing agricultural exports from $40 to $100 billion is deemed a ânational imperativeâ to double farmersâ incomes by 2022-23. But it is part of a global agri-business agenda.
A farmer uses his oxen to till his land in front of a satellite dish set up in an adjacent field in Narayangaon September 28, 2012. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS ANIMALS AGRICULTURE) - RTR38J7K
The July 2020 report of the high-level expert group (HLEG) on agricultural exports, appointed in 2019, by the 15th Finance Commission, confirms the fulcrum role of the three farm laws to facilitate a shift in Indiaâs agricultural export policy, from the previous framework of meeting domestic demands and exporting surplus to targeted exports prioritising the demands of overseas markets.
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Climate change is threatening your health like never before, no matter which part of the world you live in, according to the fifth edition of
The Lancet Countdown.
This is an initiative to document the health effects of climate change, and enlists scientists of multiple disciplines from 35 academic institutions and UN agencies. The collaboration assesses governments’ actions on their commitments under the Paris Agreement, in which 197 countries have committed to limit global warming to well below 2º C, preferably to 1.5º C, by the 22nd century.