Export ban on Non-Basmati White Rice lifted: why, what is the likely impact
By Harikishan Sharma The Centre Saturday (September 28) lifted the ban on export of Non-Basmati White Rice. It has, however,
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India Gate basmati rice maker recalls packets over pesticide concerns; shares fall over 1.5%
By Ambarish Pandey KRBL Limited, the maker of India Gate Rice, has announced a recall of its one-kilogram rice packets
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Pakistan: Protesters demand action on wheat quota cuts, substandard flour supply
By ANI Locals and members of the Tahafuz Wheat Movement staged a protest outside the Gilgit Press Club in Pakistan-occupied
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Agriculture ministry projects higher kharif production of rice, pulses; cotton output seen to dip
By Sandip Das With surplus rainfall so far in this monsoon season and kharif crops reporting higher than last year,
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Basmati’s early variety starts arriving in Amritsar mandis, Punjab farmers disappointed at low returns for PUSA 1509
By Anju Agnihotri Chaba Jagwinder Singh, a rice farmer of Amritsar district, sold his early variety of basmati – PUSA
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Wheat, corn and soy slip after rally but all head for weekly gains
– Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures eased on Friday as traders decided that a fortnight-long rally which lifted prices
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Punjab rice millers meet union food minister with demands
A delegation of the Punjab Rice Industry Association led by its president Bharat Bhushan Binta met with union food minister
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After record heatwaves, Bihar’s paddy farmers in distress due to poor monsoon rainfall third year in a row
By Mohd Imran Khan Hundreds of thousands of farmers in Bihar have been struggling with poor monsoon for the third
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Flour Mills of Nigeria profit rises in Q1
BY John Reidy Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC (FMN) showed a net profit of N6.9 billion ($4.3 million) during the
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Uneven rainfall, low reservoir levels keep rice sowing 25% lower, pulses acreage dips slightly
By Ishaan Gera Crop acreage as of August 2 was higher than the previous year, but analysis shows that a
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