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Low basmati price may help increase exports this year

The anticipation of a bumper production of basmati rice in the major producing belt (Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh) has put pressure on prices and lower prices have helped exports to go up. Prices have also declined globally and hence, lower domestic prices are helpful to exporters. Exporters are of the view that lower price may push the exports and it can reach three million tonnes this year as .....

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Food processing - Bridging the gap

India enjoys the sweet spot of being the leading producer of many perishables and food grains in the world. But the sad part of the story illustrates that processing & preservation of the huge production still soars. The farm-to-fork connectivity is still a long way to go in the industry. On the onset, almost all the major food processors have camped in India with sophisticated processing competence but still the connect between .....

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World Grain Stocks to Stay Low Through 2012-13, AgResource Says

Global grain stockpiles will remain low through the coming marketing year on increased demand for crops to make fuels and foods, according to Dan Basse, president of researcher AgResource Co. Inventories including corn and wheat will fall to 385 million metric tons even as production climbs to 1.843 billion tons in the 2012-13 marketing year, Basse said today in Geneva. Corn stocks will drop to .....

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Karnataka to focus on organic farming, policy on opportunities in processing

Karnataka department of agriculture is now gearing up to focus on organic farming and product development. The key objective of this move is to make the state, the organic hub of the country. In this regard, the first task on hand is to come out with an organic farm policy, according to Dr G K Vasanth Kumar, additional secretary, department of agriculture, Government of Karnataka. The state’s policy on organic farming seeks to .....