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India: Trade with Mozambique to reach $1 bln

Trade between Mozambique and India will grow to 1 billion dollars by 2013, from the current 300 million dollars, Indian Agriculture Minister Arun Yadav said Friday.The growth over the next two years will come largely from trade in agricultural products, Yadav told local media.

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Rawat favours FDI in agriculture

Union minister of state for food processing and agriculture Harish Rawat today favoured foreign direct investment (FDI) in the farm sector and said the food security bill would be placed in the coming monsoon session of the Parliament.

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Russia to lift grain export ban on July 1

Russia will lift its grain export ban on July 1 this year, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Saturday.Putin made the announcement at his country residence during a meeting with Viktor Zubkov, his deputy in charge of agriculture.

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India food security law to cover 70% of population

World’s second largest populated country, India is all set to make a historic law that will assure food security to almost 70 % of the total population of nearly 1.2 billion.According to country’s Food and consumer affairs minister K V Thomas.