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Pawar warns of food crisis |
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Union Food and Agriculture Miniter Sharad Pawar on Saturday warned of a crii in the food ector if farm production and productivity were not enhanced and the approach to reearch wa not changed.
Referring to the quality of imported wheat, he Read More |
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Industry Trends |
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Skyrocketing food prices hit Asians like a tsunami |
 | From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring price of food is breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and unrest.
A billion people in Asia are seriously affected by the surging costs of Read More |
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Food Processing |
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Growing frozen and canned food market in India |
 | FROZEN AND canned foods that can be heated and served instantly have become the norm in a regular middle class kitchen, where earlier it took several hours to put meals together. This has spelt a surge in the availability of processed foods in Read More |
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Agriculture |
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Organic farming gains momentum in India |
 | Four-fold rise targetted to take area beyond 2 million hectares by 2012.
Organic agriculture movement is gaining in momentum in the country. The area under organic cultivation is likely to cross the 2 million hectare mark by 2012, according to Read More |
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Market |
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Wine market approaches 1 mn cases mark |
 | All eyes are on the Indian wine market which is now on the threshold of its first major milestone, crossing the one million cases mark in 2008. On the back of a buoyant economy, most global wine majors have already set up shops in India. E &J Gallo, Read More |
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Agriculture |
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Spices exports to cross $1 billion |
 | The country's spices exports will cross $1 billion in the current financial year and touch $10 billion by 2017, according to V J Kurien, chairman, Spices Board.
Addressing a press conference, he said the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Read More |
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Market Moves |
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Global food chains plan to open 400 outlets in 2008 |
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McDonalds, Dominos, Yum Brands, local major Cafe Coffee Day earmark Rs 400 crore to expand retail presence in India.
India is likely to see the addition of at let 400 restaurants, ft food outlets and coffee joints in 2008. Food chains such Read More
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