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Pakistan competition may hit India’s basmati rice exports
08Feb 2011
 Aromatic basmati rice exports from India may dip by 10 per cent to 1.8 million tonnes in the 2010-11 fiscal due to the increased competition posed by neighbouring Pakistan’s produce in Europe, a trade body said on Monday. “Total basmati rice export in both volume and value terms are expected to fall by 10 percent from a year earlier. |
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Potatoes to be exported to Russia
08Feb 2011
A clutch of Punjab-based potato farmers are in the final stages of signing a deal with Russian traders for exporting close to 10,000 tonnes of the crop to Russia for the first time. 'We are likely to finalise the deal within a day or two with Russian traders who have approached us for supply of potato crop to Russia,' a progressive potato grower from Jalandhar district, who has been approached for the supply of crop, said on condition of anonymity. |
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TNAU to set up labs to analyze toxic residues on vegetables
08Feb 2011
 Analysis of toxic residues on food, particularly vegetables will soon be possible as the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University plans to set up Pesticide Testing Laboratories at its constituent colleges in Madurai and Killikulam, according to a top university official |
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Philippine's PHL gives Thailand bulk of rice import volume
08Feb 2011
 The Philippine government has allotted Thailand with a rice import volume of 98,000 metric tons (MT), the bulk of what the private sector may buy from abroad this year under the country specific quota. |
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UP mango production likely to dip this season |
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India: Good domestic returns may affect export of strawberry |
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Cold storage alone can't address post harvest loss |
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India Wheat Sowing Area Until Feb 4 Up 3% At 29.18 Mln Hectares |
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12 Alphonso mangoes sell for Rs 7,000 in 'Mahurat' trading |
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Indian basmati rice export hit by Iranian payment row |
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Iraq Buys 300,000 Tons of Australian, U.S. Wheat, Reuters Says |
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Turkey tenders to import wheat |
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Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report |
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