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Playing with rice

Of the many varieties of rice India is home to, basmati rules the roost, with many Indian companies exporting it to various countries.  To promote this further more, a two-day culinary extravaganza “Basmati for the World” was organized by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) \under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce & /industry, Government of India recently along with .....

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S. Indian vegetables tempt palates in the Gulf, Europe

After colourful flowers and lip-smacking fruits, vegetables from the four southern States have begun attracting agri-exporters, with exports to the Gulf and Europe turning out to be encouraging. Green chillies, okra ( lady's fingeri), curry leaf and beans are hot favourites for importers. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is in the process of quantifying value of exports from .....

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Poultry sector wants Centre to support R&D efforts

The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Mr Charan Das Mahant, has urged representatives of the poultry sector to put forth their suggestions in the next couple of months to be incorporated in the 12 {+t} {+h} Five-Year Plan. Inaugurating Poultry India 2011 today, the Minister said poultry continued to be one of the most resilient fast-growing sector among agriculture and allied sectors in the .....

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Farm to fork – encourage investments in food processing

Venture capital support for investments in food processing, moving towards a tax free regime for processed foods are some of the initiatives planned to encourage food processing industry, according to Mr Ajit Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India. Over the years taxes and duties on processed foods have been brought down and the trend will be sustained to eventually free the .....