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No slowdown yet, but inflation and El Niño are risks: ITC's Sanjiv PuriITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri revealed plans for a Rs 20,000 crore investment over the medium term, including hotel expansion. He highlighted st...
Iran war: Fuel price surge squeezes dairy, poultry value chainsIndustry officials say rising fuel costs, coupled with geopolitical disruptions affecting commodity markets, are squeezing farmer margins a...
BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...
Is this little-known, gluten-free seed the ultimate superfood for lowering cholesterol and losing weight?Packed with essential minerals and complete protein, amaranth is a versatile seed praised for boosting bone health and reducing cholesterol...
Maize diversion for ethanol raises poultry feed, edible oil prices, sparking concerns for sugar industry, soybean farmersMaize, diverted for ethanol production, has caused poultry feed costs to go up, impacted cooking oil prices, and reduced oilseed farmers' p...
A Karnataka-based firm is giving Maize, the world’s second-most widely grown crop, an AI boostThe SaaS platform collects data from three main stakeholders — farmers, buyers and logistics — to assess the quality, pricing, sales, deliv...
Maize exports rise 28.5% to $816.31 million in April-January FY22In addition to staple food for human beings and quality feed for animals, maize serves as a basic raw material/ingredient to many industria...
Kerala Feeds targets Rs 500 crore turnover in two yearsThe company, headquartered in Kallettumkara near Irinjalakuda, had clocked a profit of Rs 75 lakh in the first quarter of the current finan...
FSSAI to focus on enforcement of food standards in 2019New Delhi, Jan 1 () With new food quality standards in place, regulator FSSAI will focus on enforcing the regulations without impacting bus...
India can achieve 50 million tones maize output by 2025 to meet demandIndia can double its maize production to 50 million tones by 2025 to meet the rising domestic demand of the crop, Agriculture Minister Radh...
India imports 10,000 tonne soyameal due to high domestic pricesDespite an import duty of 15%, imported soyameal is cheaper than the domestic produce by 7.8%.
Poke Me: If options are available – and they are — why force eggs down the throats in midday meals and anganwadis?This is not an argument against eggs. Neither is it an attempt to justify Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s decision no...
Startups look to cash in on healthy processed food boomSome of these ventures such as Bangalore-based YCook and Soulfull and Delhi-based Zea Maize have gained investor attention with their prote...
Animal feed industry cross-subsidises grain-based alcoholAs the oil companies have raised use of ethanol for blending with petrol, prices of molasses-based ethanol have risen from about Rs 27/litr...
New hybrid maize seed developed for Gujarat: AAU OfficialThe variety is rich in Lysine (an essential amino acid) and is touted to be a source of rich protein diet for the tribals, who are its majo...
- West Bengal banks project credit potential for ailing poultry sector
In step with the UPA government's attempt to support poultry farmers in West Bengal, banks operating in the state have collectively project...
- Hybrid maize catches farm experts' fancy
Hybrid varieties of maize have the potential to create a revolution, ensuring nutritional security to poor as well as for poultry industry.
- Haryana to give subsidy to boost sunflower cultivation
To promote cultivation of sunflower crop, the Haryana Agriculture Department has decided to give subsidy amounting to Rs 100 per kg or 50 p...
- Chicken may cost more, blame it on soyameal
Relishing non-vegetarian food may pinch consumers more as the prices of chicken, which was already over Rs 100 a kg (dressed), are likely t...