Since the discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves in 2014, Senegal has set its hopes on fossil fuel export revenue to help fund its plans to become an emerging economy by 2035. Senegal is actively seeking investors to help develop its offshore oil and gas reserves – both …
From P M Raghunandan, DH News Service, Bellary: All good things come to an end. It is same for Bellary mining too. As long as China imported iron ore, Bellary mining lords became richer and richer. In fact, many became super rich overnight. Now it is slump time. With the …
The state Government will soon declare new sugarcane price for the farmers, which would be the highest in the country, said Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The CM said that sugarcane growers in the state were presently getting Rs 138 per quintal for sugarcane. Efforts were also being made …
Policy makers in India recognize the importance of well-functioning markets to agricultural growth, food security, and broad-based rural development. Markets facilitate the commercialization and diversification of farming, and they are essential for efficiently bringing food and agricultural products to domestic and international consumers. Well functioning domestic markets can reduce the …
Ajay Modi While biodiesel blending in India is yet to take off, certain biodiesel units have commenced production and are exporting the commodity to US and the EU nations. These units are using used non-edible oils and fatty acids from vegetable oils to produce biodiesel. Hyderabad-based Naturol Bioenergy Ltd is …
India is the second largest producer of mulberry raw silk, next only to China accounting more than 15 per cent of the global raw silk production. This study was carried out in Tamil Nadu, which is one of the largest silk producing states in India. In Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district …
On 25 July 2008, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy suggested compromise figures for the key stumbling blocks that threatened to derail the Geneva mini-ministerial. The document raises a number of questions with regard to market access for sensitive agricultural products.
Amid prospects of good kharif output, finance minister P Chidambaram expressed the hope that the ban on export of nonbasmati rice, which was imposed as a temporary measure, would be lifted soon.
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Thursday authorised the Department of Consumer Affairs to finalise the framework for government-to-government purchases with Myanmar of up to 10 lakh tonnes of pulses to augment domestic availability and check prices. The department will designate an agency and a team of experts to …
land compensation Tikait arrested Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Mahendra Singh Tikait was arrested in Ghaziabad on August 18. He was on his way to lend support to a farmers
smog deaths soar: About 21,000 Canadians, mostly of 65 years and above, will die this year due to short and long-term exposure to air pollution, says the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). Following a study of health costs of poor air quality, CMA estimates that smog-related illnesses like asthma and cardio-vascular …
Special Correspondent Lifting of export ban on Pusa-1121 variety of rice Grateful: Farmers presenting a bag of paddy to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to express their gratitude for his efforts in lifting the export ban on Pusa-1121 variety of rice (which they have now named as Hooda brand) …
The Prime Minister has constituted a high powered committee under the chairmanship of Shri B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, to examine the financial position of oil companies. The terms of reference of the committee will be: to examine the impact of the increase in oil prices between 2004-05 and …
Rapid expansion in the use of agricultural crops as a transport fuel has been justified in Northern countries as a prodevelopment policy that will help bring developing countries out of poverty. The agrofuels boom, it is said, will increase agricultural production, generate foreign revenues through export, make countries less dependent …
This report seeks to support national decisionmakers, as well as their international development partners, in acquiring information and applying methods for understanding the likely effects of a global food crisis on their country and acting to alleviate the risks and exploit the opportunities brought about by such crises. It describes …
UPDATE 2-India sees record rice buys, export hopes brighten By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - India will buy record quantities of rice from its farmers after a good harvest, a top government official said, raising hopes it will join the ranks of top global producers easing export …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi August 26, 2008, 4:16 IST The country's steel export in the April-July period of the current year dipped about 25 per cent to 2.75 million tonnes due to the export duty imposed by the government in May. However, import during the same period has jumped …
