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Govt plans 50 new mega food parks in 12th Plan

The government aims to set up 50 new mega food parks across the country in the 12th Plan to minimise damage to huge amount of fruits and vegetables in the absence of wider network of food processing units. "Considering importance of food processing units, the government is aiming to set up 50 new mega food parks across the country in the 12th five year plan (2012-17)," Minister of State for.....

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Guarseed To Scale New Highs In Early Trades

Strong buoyancy is likely to continue in guarseed market on the account of deficit rainfall in major guarseed producing regions along with strong export demand of guargum . The NCDEX guarseed futures swelled by almost 14% in last one week. Traders are expecting Rs. 5000 per quintal in the coming days. As per market sources, the major producing areas of guarseed such as.....

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'Food Act will raise industry standards'

The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, which comes into effect from August 5, will enable authorities to trace the source of contamination in processed food more efficiently, and the onus will also be on farmers to adopt good farming practices to prevent contamination of raw material used by food processing units. The Act was not immediately implemented as government needed time to prepare the machinery for.....

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Chinese buy tons of sweet potatoes daily in southern Vietnam

An increasing number of Chinese traders are taking tons of sweet potatoes from the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long every day, from fields hired and cared by local residents. Doan Ngoc Chien, head of Vinh Long Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE), says “Only the chairman of the province people’s committee can give approval to let foreigners rent land in the.....