Food Category
Early prospects point to a likely rebound of 2.7 percent in global cereal production in 2019, following a decline registered in 2018, the U.N. food agency said in its latest report. “Based on the conditions of crops already in the ground and on planting intentions for those still to be sown, and assuming normal weather […]
Global food prices rose in April to their highest level in almost a year, led up by meat and dairy prices, according to UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities, averaged 170 points in April, up 1.5 per […]
Indian tea producing firms and exporters are trying to work out alternate routes to ship tea to Iran in order to bypass the sanctions imposed by the US on this West Asian country making direct shipments to Iran unfeasible. US announced sanctions last year and a waiver to some countries including India was given. The […]
Exports of specified quantity of essential commodities to Maldives have been exempted from any kind of domestic restrictions or prohibition in the current fiscal, PTI reported, citing an official notification. “Export of potatoes, onion, rice, wheat flour, sugar, dal and eggs has been permitted to Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between India and Maldives during […]
“More than gluten-free, we specialise in delivering guilt-free delicacies at Sprinng Foods,” says Tarun Khanna with an unmistakable entrepreneurial glint in his eyes. Indeed, the gluten-free Sprinng Cake this author tasted was devoid of any gluten, and mouth-watering delicious to the boot! What’s gluten? How does it affect us? Wheat and rice have always dominated […]
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate for fiscal 2019-20 to 7.3 per cent from 7.5 per cent earlier. The predicted lower-than-normal monsoon, the continued agrarian distress and the loss of momentum in the industrial output growth are being cited as the key reasons for the downward revision. […]
India’s sugar production reached 32.11 million tonnes in the first seven months of the ongoing marketing year that started October 2018, and the total production could touch a new record of 33 million tonnes, the industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in its latest report. The country’s sugar output during the 2017-18 marketing […]
Exports of basmati rice, the largest product in the country’s farm-export basket, touched a record high in volumes and rupee value terms in 2018-19 on account of aggressive buying by Iran and a weak currency. Export volumes grew by about a tenth to over 4.41 million tonnes over the previous year, while the export value, […]
By Anubhav Das For a country that is predominantly agrarian – and employing directly and indirectly – over 60 percent of its active working population, the lack of a comprehensive vision and innovation in the sector is unfortunate. Our farm output growth rate is fluctuating between 0.2 – 4.2 percent in the last five years. […]
By Ritwik Sinha The Indian meat industry is not getting the attention it deserves despite being an exporting powerhouse, a top industry player said while urging the government to include it under the food processing sector in line with global practices. “The most unfortunate thing is that it is not treated as part of the […]
