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Rice import from India to curtail exports in Pakistan

Import of rice from India and promotion of hybrid rice by the private sector instead of Basmati rice would badly curtail rice exports through which the national exchequer earns nearly $3 billion every year. production of rice in the current year in the country is 6.8 million tons while total consumption of rice in Pakistan is 2.8 million tons therefore Pakistan has 4 million tons surplus rice for exports worth around $3 billion". He said that out of 6.8 million tons, .....

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Potato remains up on increased demand

Potato added Rs 11.10 to Rs 783.50 per quintal in futures trading today as speculators enlarging their positions following increased demand for the ongoing marriage season. Decline in arrivals from producing regions also supported the uptrend in potato prices. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, the April contract for potato moved up by Rs 11.10, or 1.44%, to Rs 783.50 per quintal, with a business turnover of 212 lots. The March contract traded higher by Rs 1.80, .....

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Shri Kapoor nominated as Member of National Food Processing Council

The Government of India has nominated Shri Kishan Kapoor, Industries Minister as a Member of newly constituted National Food Processing Development Council. The Council is headed by Shri Sharad Pawar, Union Agriculture Minister and the representation has been given to Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. As per the notification of Central Food Processing Ministry, the Union Minister of State for Agriculture, .....

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Vegan campaigners savour test tube burger breakthrough

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the charity which campaigns against the meat and fur industry, praised the development of the 'Frankenburger' as a step forward for animal rights. But it said the burger did not meet the terms of a competition launched four years ago which offered a $1m (£630,000) prize to the first team to sell laboratory-grown meat in commercial quantities. Prof Mark Post, of Maastricht University in the Netherlands, .....