Topic
Food processing
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, IndiaIndustrial body CII claims that agriculture reforms will benefit farmersCII said the agricultural reforms will improve farmers' market access and incomes, with leaders from ITC, Nestle, Rasna and DCM Shriram backing them.
- Markets, GlobalThe impact of the pandemic on agriculture and food productionCovid-19 lockdowns disrupted input supplies, markets and farm labour, causing food shortages and price rises, while pushing wider use of drones, precision farming and automation.
- Policy & trade, IndiaAgriculture and processing collab to strengthen India-US bond: Arkansas governorArkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson told an India-Arkansas webinar that collaboration in agriculture and food processing could strengthen ties between India and the US.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshFood processing industry has wide scope for growth, say expertsAt a PHDCCI virtual seminar in Lucknow, speakers called food processing the fifth largest sector of India's economy and named access to credit and technology among its main challenges.
- Policy & trade, PunjabNew food park established in Punjab: will create employment and open possibilitiesMinister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated a Rs 107.83 crore mega food park at Phagwara in Punjab's Kapurthala district, expected to create around 5,000 jobs and benefit 25,000 farmers.
- Policy & trade, IndiaOne District One Focus Produce (ODOFP) scheme by government to be launchedThe agriculture ministry has assigned a focus product to each of India's 728 districts under One District One Focus Produce, to be promoted in clusters through existing government schemes.
- Policy & trade, IndiaPresident accepts Badal’s resignation; food processing portfolio to have new headHarsimrat Kaur Badal quit the Union Cabinet in protest against two farm bills, and Narendra Singh Tomar has been given charge of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.