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HPMC to set up grading, packing centres, CA stores for apple-growers in HP

The Horticulture Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (HPMC), a Government of Himachal Pradesh undertaking, will be setting up grading and packing centres and controlled atmosphere (CA) stores in the state, in a bid to ensure better prospects for apple-growers in the state. Giving further details on the proposed project, Rajinder Chauhan, project manager, HPMC, informed FnB News in a chat over .....

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Organic Certification Agency gets accreditation from APEDA

Agriculture and Food Processing Production and Export Development Authority (APEDA) has given accreditation to Madhya Pradesh State Organic Certification Agency. The agency has been recognised as certified agency under National Organic Production .....

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Global rice production may hit record in 2011: FAO

World rice production is expected to touch a record 480.5 million tonnes (mt) this year on the back of higher output in Asia, Egypt, Argentina, Mozambique, the US and Russian Federation, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. “The outlook for global rice production in 2011 has improved over the past two months and the latest FAO forecast has been raised by 1.6 mt to .....

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Basmati prices may fall 18% on bumper output

Traders and exporters expect a bumper basmati rice output in the major producing belt (Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pardesh). According to them, prices of basmati rice would be in the range of Rs 17,000-18,000 a tonne, compared to Rs 21,000-22,000 a tonne last year. Traders, exporters and agricultural officials maintain that this year the production would be 10-15 per cent higher. Last year, the total basmati (paddy) production in the .....