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India contemplates wheat exports
30March 2011
 Subsequent to considering the food security situation prevailing in the country, the India government by April-end or May would take a decision on allowing wheat exports. We are thinking about it’ was the statement made by Minister of State for Agriculture Arun S. Yadav; quoted by The Hindu. |
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UK: Fruit and veg now too expensive for poor people
30March 2011
Soaring prices of healthy fruit and vegetables have meant that they are now increasingly too expensive for many of Britain's cash-strapped families, a new report warned yesterday. For the high fruit and vegetable prices on supermarket shelves have started to take their toll on some of the most vulnerable groups in society, according to the latest research.
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Codex endorses joint ISO/IDF guidelines for detecting melamine in milk
30March 2011
 Guidelines developed by ISO and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) to help prevent a recurrence of the crisis caused by milk adulterated with melamine that affected thousands of children have been endorsed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. |
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Mexico: Implementing technology to produce organic mango
30March 2011
 In the framework of the XIV National Congress of the Mexican Society of Horticultural Science, A.C., supported by Produce Sinaloa Fundation (FPS), A.C., in coordination with the Center for Food Research and Development (CIAD), Jesús Valero Garza of the Santiago Ixcuintla Experimental Camp of the National Institute of Research of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock, will present the results of his project- Transfer of Technology for Organic Mango Production- in the state of Nayarit. |
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| List of Awardees for APEDA Export Award 2009-10 |
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Govt approves Rs 5,000 cr working capital loan for FCI |
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Import Ban On Japanese Food – Brunei |
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China demand to set soy trade record |
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Lebanon to closely monitor food imports coming from Japan |
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Over 150 firms to attend top agriculture expo |
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ASSOCHAM projects GDP to grow by 8.7 per cent for the fiscal 2011 |
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