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  • Mr. M Prabhakar Rao, CMD, Nuziveedu Seeds, elected as President of NSAI

    Mumbai : National Seed Association of India which represents the private & public sector seeds companies announced the appointment of Mr. M Prabhakar Rao as its new president. The announcement came after the annual general meeting held on 31st July 2013 in New Delhi. Mr. Rao will be heading NSAI’s governing council 2013-2015. Mr. M […]

    Onion prices soars to Rs 60 per kg in Delhi’s retail market

    Onion prices have soared to Rs 60 per kg in the retail market of the national capital due to lower supply in the wholesale market. Local vendors are selling onion, a politically sensitive item, at Rs 55-60 per kg in Delhi, while rates are lower at organised retails. At Mother Dairy’s 350 Safal stores in […]

    Cabinet approves export of additional 2 mn tonnes of wheat

    The government has allowed additional wheat export of 2 million tonnes from its godowns. It will be done through public sector trading firms. This is to clear surplus stock and ease the storage crunch. The proposal of food ministry was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday. The additional export is allowed as […]

    BARC turns a new leaf, develops 41 varieties of crops under its Nuclear Agriculture program

    Mumbai: The Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) today said that till date it has developed 41 varieties of crops under its Nuclear Agriculture program. These include 15 varieties of Groundnut, 3 of Mustard, 2 of Soybean, 1 of Sunflower, 8 of Mung bean (Greengram), 4 of Tur (Pigenopea), 5 of Urad bean (Blackgram), 1of Chavali […]

    Pride of Cowsaims to end milk adulteration

    Mumbai: India has been facing the issue of adulteration in milk since long and prolonged measures are taken by various government bodies and dairy companies in order to stop the poisoning of milk. One such initiative taken by Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd by launching Pride of Cows in year 2011 with unique F2H (Farm […]

    24 Mantra’s Freedom from Pesticides campaign all set to make India healthy

    Mumbai : Sresta Natural Bioproducts, one of India’s largest Organic food companies and promoters of India’s leading Organic Brand ’24Mantra’ products, today unveiled “Freedom from Pesticides” –a 8 day  campaign, from 12th – 19th August,  initiating the fight against pesticide ridden food. The campaign aims to create awareness about ill effects of pesticide contaminated food […]

    Govt calls upon agrochemicals industry to invest in Research & Development

    The Government has called upon the agrochemicals industry to invest in Research and Development and innovations in the sector. Delivering the inaugural address at a National Conference in New Delhi today, Mr. Indrajit Pal, Secretary, Department of Fertilizers said that while the industry has developed substantially in India, more and more focus needs to be […]

    Pawar not in favour of onion export ban

    Amid rising onion prices hurting consumers, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said he was not in favour of a ban on onion exports, saying that such a move will hit India’s image as a global supplier of farm produce. The Minister said the rise in onion prices is a “temporary situation” as heavy rains in major […]

    India eyes Iranian market for tea export

    India has been eyeing a growing Iranian market for the export of Indian tea. Over the past two years tea exports from India to Iran have picked up from 7 million kg in 2010-11 to 16.8 million kg in 2012-13. Around 10 per cent of India’s foreign exchange earnings from tea come from exports to […]

    THE PULSES CONCLAVE 2014

      Mumbai : India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the country’s apex body of pulses and grains industry & trade, announced THE PULSES CONCLAVE 2014, the second edition of their conclave for the global pulses industry and trade. The Pulses Conclave 2014, supported by the Government of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public […]