7th International Seminar on Wheat & Wheat Products, New Technologies and Marketing Opportunities will be held on September 2-3, 2014, in Chennai, India.
An Indian company with interests in food production, marine products, retail and pet foods will start construction of its meat processing and exporting plant in Ethiopia in the beginning of July.
With huge coast line to an access of over 7000 km, India ranks number 2 in fish production globally, Indian agriculture minister, Radha Mohan said in Hyderabad.
India is likely to export more than 2 million tonnes of sugar in 2014/15 as the top consumer is set to produce a surplus of the sweetener for the fifth straight year despite chances of reduced rainfall
India will raise its import duty on sugar to 40 percent from 15 percent, as the government tries to revive business at mills that owe farmers around $1.84 billion, the food minister said on Monday.
Indian purchases of wheat from local farmers are set to climb at least 8 percent this year, bolstering government stocks against forecasts of below-average monsoon rains and the spectre of a possible El Nino weather pattern.
Despite the subsidies provided by the government, 60 per cent of shrimp farms in Tamil Nadu are still unregistered, said Fisheries Minister KA Jayapal.
Amira Nature Foods, provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, has reported a 32.3% increase in its fiscal 2014 revenues to $547.3m, compared to $413.7m last year.
India on Tuesday set a minimum export price for onions of $300 per tonne to discourage overseas shipments amid an inflation scare that threatens to stoke public anger over rising prices at local food markets.
Indian craft beer firm Cerana Beverages has raised funding from private investors, in a move to launch its craft beer brand – Biru, across the country.
Indian fruit juice producer Manpasand Beverages is set to establish two new production plants in the states of Gujarat and Karnataka, in order to meet the increasing consumer demand for its products.
Containing food inflation will be the top priority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government, the president said in a parliamentary address on Monday
India's soyameal exports in May sank 91.5 percent from a year earlier to their lowest in 20 months, a trade body said on Friday, as higher soyameal prices prompted buyers to turn to competitor south America.
Mumbai based National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX), a leading agriculture-commodity bourse has raised transaction charges on agriculture-commodities from 1 June.
With demand of bakery, value added and ready-to-eat wheat products are increasing, India’s wheat production will touch 100 million tonnes by 2016-17 (April 2016 to March 2017) fiscal year.