Food Category
BIMAN MUKHERJEE Indian basmati rice exports to Iran, which accounts for a quarter of the total market, have been hit by inordinate payment delays as war clouds gather in the horizon, exporters said. Total payment of around Rs 1,700 crore are stuck as Iranian authorities have not released payment orders for buying Indian basmati rice. […]
Developed by G Hemaprabha and Bakshi Ram of Coimbatore-based Sugarcane Breeding Institute, the sugarcane Co-11015 variety can increase yield to 142 tonne petr hectare from about 100 tonne currently achieved through the Co-86032 variety. According to Ram, director of the institute, though the variety has been approved by Tamil Nadu it is yet to be […]
The government has permitted export of 1,239 tonnes raw sugar under its tariff-rate quota (TRQ) to the US, which enables shipments to enjoy relatively low tariff. TRQ is a quota for a volume of exports that enter the US at relatively low tariffs. After the quota is reached, a higher tariff applies on additional imports. […]
To bring in self-sufficiency in oilseeds sector, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has prepared a five-year road map, under which area expansion and productivity increase will be the major focus. However, the actual implementation of the proposed initiatives will depend on the budgetary allocation for the self-sufficiency programme, says a report in Financial […]
India’s pulses import this year is expected to fall to one million tonnes from 6.6 million tonnes in 2016-17, Business Standard reports. This would help farmers who have been trading their produce below state-fixed minimum support prices (MSP). India consumes around 24-25 million tonnes of pulses, but sowing trends show this year production is expected […]
Brazil has sought establishment of a dispute panel under the aegis of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a case against India’s sugar subsidies to farmers. In February, Brazil and several other countries including Australia and Guatemala have dragged India into the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism alleging that New Delhi’s sugar subsidies to farmers are […]
Foodgrain production in the ongoing kharif (summer sown) season is expected to be same as last year’s despite deficient monsoon rains so far as there is still time to sow paddy and other crops, according to estimates by Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR). “At this moment, we expect kharif crops to be more or […]
India’s wholesale price-based inflation declined for the second consecutive month to its 23-month low of 2.02 per cent in June 2019, helped by decline in prices of vegetables as well as fuel and power items, according to official data. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation was at 2.45 per cent in May 2019. It was […]
Marine fish catch in India during 2018 dropped by 9 per cent due to a sharp decline in oil sardine catch, state-run Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) announced last week. The annual fish landing data released by the institute reveals that the catch of oil sardine from Indian coasts suffered a decline of 54 […]
Dairies in Maharashtra have threatened to sell loose milk instead of the present system of selling milk in plastic pouches. Accusing the government of holding dairy sector to ransom under the garb of plastic ban, Maharashtra dairy owners have yet again expressed their helplessness in being able to come up with a buyback mechanism for […]
