₹1,000 crore investment opportunity for agribusiness infrastructure in Maharashtra
The department of agricultural marketing and protocol, government of Maharashtra, will take up large-scale modern agribusiness infrastructure under MAGNET 2.0 as part of its...
New Bühler OLFC flaker for processing oilseeds
Swiss technology group Bühler has launched the OLFC, a new flaker system for processing oilseeds. To help processors reach higher productivity levels and keep...
Futamura and Bio4Life — Breakthrough for home compostable fruit labeling
UK film manufacturer Futamura and Dutch labelstock producer Bio4life are announcing a new breakthrough in fruit labeling: a certified home and industrial compostable PSA...
Strengthening efficiency, technology and accountability in foodgrain management
The department of food & public distribution (DFPD) and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the financial...
Gene editing to strengthen small farms
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has licensed CRISPR-Cas9 in order to deploy gene editing, one of the world's most...
Food secretaries’ meet reviews PDS system
The secretary of the department of food & public distribution (DFPD), government of India, Sanjeev Chopra, chaired a meeting of state food secretaries on...
Govt releases buffer onion stocks
With onion prices climbing across major cities, the government says it has begun a calibrated release of the kitchen staple from its buffer stock...
Government allows duty-free import of sugar to ease prices
The government of India has allowed the duty-free import of 10 lakh metric tons of raw sugar under the Tariff Rate Quota system, in...
Stakeholders meet for dialogue on strengthening India’s food security
Tetra Pak, a leading food processing and packaging solutions company, convened a leadership workshop on ‘Strengthening Food Security for a Growing India’ in collaboration...
Odisha’s agri and food processing exports expected to reach US$ 1 billion by 2035:...
Odisha is focusing on expanding agricultural and food-processing exports; the state has strong potential to reach US$ 1 billion in agricultural and processed-food exports...
