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India-Africa food processing cluster soon, PM tells summit in Ethiopia

An India-Africa food processing cluster will be established soon. This was informed by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh while addressing the Plenary Session of the 2nd Africa-India Forum Summit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Tuesday. The Prime Minister is on a four-nation visit of Africa.

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India may export 70,000 tn of mangoes this yr: APEDA

India's mango exports are expected to rise marginally to 70,000 tonne this year on expectation of better availability of the export-quality fruit, according to the agri-export promotion body APEDA. The country is estimated to have exported 65,000 tonne of mangoes in the 2010 season (March-July), the provisional official data showed.

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India Inc needs to tap opportunities in agriculture sector: Sharad Pawar

Agriculture Minister Mr Sharad Pawar has urged India's corporate sector to capture the opportunities, which are present in the agriculture sector, especially in research. This statement came while he was addressing the industry representatives and scientists after inaugurating the ICAR--Industry Meet, 2011.

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WTO warns on export restrictions, as G20 protectionism rises

The number of restrictive trade measures taken by G20 economies increased over the past six months, a new monitoring report for the period from October 2010 to April 2011 has highlighted.New restrictions on imports introduced by the economies over the review period covered around 0,6% of total G20 imports, up on the 0,3% reported for the previous six months.Export restrictions were also imposed mainly on food products and some minerals.