| APEDA Export awards & APEDA silver jubilee celebrations |
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Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia at APEDA Annual Export Awards function
14Feb 2011  Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia (right) and APEDA chairman Asit Tripathy during the APEDA’s Silver Jubilee celebrations and 19th annual Export Awards function in New Delhi. |
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India can Become Food Basket of the World: Jyotiraditya Scindhia
14Feb 2011
Calling for a second green revolution, the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindhia said that with proper investment in agriculture, technical innovation and infrastructure for food processing India could well become the food basket of the world. Speaking at the APEDA Export Awards function which coincided with the celebrations of 25 years of APEDA, Shri Scindhia said that agriculture sector is critical for our economy as 60-70 percent of our population is dependent on it |
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Non tariff barriers need to be taken more seriously: Dr. Rahul Khullar
14Feb 2011
Indian agricultural products will have to move up the value chain in order to achieve the export target of 15 billion dollars in the next three years and the main challenge for the sector will be to deal with emerging range of non-tariff barriers, Union Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar, said here today. |
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| List of Awardees for APEDA Export Award 2009-10 |
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Govt unlikely to lift export ban on wheat: industry
15Feb 2011
 India, which is heading towards harvesting a record wheat output of 81.47 million tonne this year, is unlikely to lift export ban on the grain despite scope for high prices on fears of tightening global supply owing to concerns of Chinese wheat crop, according to industry experts and anaysts. |
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India to begin rice shipment shortly
15Feb 2011
India is expected to ship 300,000 tonnes of food grains to Bangladesh shortly. Two state-owned companies, Equipment and Commodity Limited and State Trading Corporation Limited, floated tenders for shipment of 100,000 tonnes and 200,000 tonnes non-basmati parboiled rice to Bangladesh.
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Punjab farmers to ship 5K tonne potato to Russia
15Feb 2011
 Potato growers in Jalandhar have inked a deal with Russian businessmen to export the tuber. The first consignment is expected to leave Jalandhar on February 17 and the total contract size of export is of 5,000 tonne. |
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EU wheat tariff lift could prompt sizeable imports
14Feb 2011
 The reductions that Europe is considering to grain import tariffs could prompt "significant" shipments into parts of the region, FCStone has said, restating caution over prospects for wheat prices. |
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Other News |
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Punjab farmers to cultivate in Ethiopia, import output to India |
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Coconut exports surge on poor Lankan output |
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Climate change threat to food security |
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10% of rice on Chinese market contains cadmium in excess: Survey |
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Iran has agreed to buy 10,000 tons of cattle, sheep and goat meat from Ethiopia |
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e-Agriculture takes baby steps in Tanzania |
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Kharif supply cools vegetable prices |
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Mexico Corn Imports Climb After Freak Freeze Damages Crop |
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China's Inflation Rises As Food Costs Surge |
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Nairobi: Urban farmers use wastewater to feed growing cities |
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