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Price cut fails to fuel onion exports
23March 2011
 Despite slashing the onion minimum export price (MEP) for the third time this month, there are no takers for the vegetable from India, one of the world's largest producers, as even at the lower rate the price remains above the prevailing global prices. |
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Dutch sold more flowers for less in 2010
23March 2011
The Netherlands, the world's top flower exporter, sold 3.6 billion flower bulbs abroad in 2010 -- a two percent rise on the year before, the Central Statistics Bureau said on Monday. But while sales volumes increased, the value of the flowers sold dropped by six percent to 313 billion euros ($ 444 billion), it said in a statement.
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Lawmakers lose faith as Doha trade talks stumble
23March 2011
 Lawmakers from around the world doubt a meaningful global trade agreement will be struck this year and fear the rapid growth of self-serving side deals could kill it off completely.Their frustrations come as the latest push to improve a draft global deal text by Easter drew a blank in agriculture discussions. |
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Food demand to rise 48 percent by 2030
23March 2011
 Demand for food will rise by about 48 percent by the year 2030, according to Kito De Boer, director at McKinsey and Company.Speaking in the first session of the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) Sunday, De Boer addressed the impact of global forces on economics, the rebalance between East and West and ways of enhancing productivity using inexpensive methods. |
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Pakistan lagging behind in wheat productivity |
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Bangladesh: Salty water damages melon on 700 acres |
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14,000 tonnes of rice from India, Pakistan by Aug |
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Government ‘Too Hasty’ Trimming Beef Imports |
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Argentina: Exports to the Middle East and North Africa fall |
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China tightens raw materials laws for supplements makers |
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Tainted milk more harmful than contaminated vegetables: AEC |
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South Tyrol apples see strong demand in Iran and Iraq |
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Hungary fruit, vegetable harvest plunges because of bad weather |
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AGRA Middle East 2011 to open with more than 150 international exhibitors |
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