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Mega Food Park to come up in Himachal Pradesh
04Feb 2011
 In order to display various processed food products, a Mega Food Park would be set up in the state soon. The matter is likely to be considered by union government in next finance year, the union government official disclosed here today |
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Algeria 2011 grain import same as usual: union
04Feb 2011
Algeria's grain imports will be at their usual level of about 5 million tonnes this year despite a major buying spree in the past few weeks, the head of the Algerian Farmers' Union told Reuters on Thursday. |
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Japan culls another 190,000 chickens
04Feb 2011
 It has now sacrificed more than half a million birds in efforts to contain H5N1 avian influenza. This 10th outbreak was in the Miyazaki prefecture where it is proving difficult to find places to dispose of carcasses. |
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World Food Prices Hit New Record
04Feb 2011
 World food prices have hit a new record, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's index of globally-traded food commodities. The FAO index rose 3.4 percent in January, its seventh straight month of increases. |
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Good prospects for beef exports to Middle East, as lamb prices rise |
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Ethiopia offers India farmland, 40% the size of Punjab |
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FMC rules out immediate return of rice Futures trade in India |
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Asian, Middle East Buyers Want Ukraine Grain Companies, Raiffeisen Says |
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60% drop in FCI wheat buying centres in 3 years |
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Canada offers wheat, Japan buys as planned |
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Iran Exports 68 tons of Saffron in 9 Months |
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Japan lifts ban on Pak mangoes |
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India food measures disappoint farmers, retailers |
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Exports sops likely to be rolled back |
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