1. The Centre has called upon coconut Farmers and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) to leverage the benefits of the ‘Make in India’ campaign to capture the global market for coconut products. The total foreign exchange earnings from this crop has gone up to ₹2,632 crore in 2013-14 against ₹2,318 crore in 2012-13.
2. With the leverage of Cloud (Amazon) and Social Media (FaceBook, Google Adwords), the mother and son duo of Girija & Karthik managed to sell online 17,000 bags of odourless, soil-less mix made of coco peat, vermiculite and organic fertilisers to customers in 110 cities across India last year.
3. India ranked fourth in the area under genetically modified (GM) crops in 2014, says a report by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), with a coverage
of 181.5 million hectares (m ha) last year.
4. Fiji is keen on signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India for technology transfer between the two countries, especially in market development activities in the coconut sector.
5. About 84 fisherfolk from the States of Bihar and Jharkhand have been brought to the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad on Monday for a 10-day training and exposure programme. They will be exposed to best management practices including culture, processing and marketing aspects.
6. After witnessing a muted growth in 2014, India's FMCG sector is all set for a healthy revival due to drop in inflation. The growth in FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) sector was a tepid 7 per cent in the just concluded calendar year, a steep decline from 18-19 per cent clocked in 2010-11.
7. Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Limited (Milkfed) has procured 453.93 lakh kg of milk from 6,359 societies of the state in December. Milkfed's daily average milk procurement in Punjab is 1,464.3 thousand kg.
2. With the leverage of Cloud (Amazon) and Social Media (FaceBook, Google Adwords), the mother and son duo of Girija & Karthik managed to sell online 17,000 bags of odourless, soil-less mix made of coco peat, vermiculite and organic fertilisers to customers in 110 cities across India last year.
3. India ranked fourth in the area under genetically modified (GM) crops in 2014, says a report by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), with a coverage
of 181.5 million hectares (m ha) last year.
4. Fiji is keen on signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India for technology transfer between the two countries, especially in market development activities in the coconut sector.
5. About 84 fisherfolk from the States of Bihar and Jharkhand have been brought to the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad on Monday for a 10-day training and exposure programme. They will be exposed to best management practices including culture, processing and marketing aspects.
6. After witnessing a muted growth in 2014, India's FMCG sector is all set for a healthy revival due to drop in inflation. The growth in FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) sector was a tepid 7 per cent in the just concluded calendar year, a steep decline from 18-19 per cent clocked in 2010-11.
7. Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Limited (Milkfed) has procured 453.93 lakh kg of milk from 6,359 societies of the state in December. Milkfed's daily average milk procurement in Punjab is 1,464.3 thousand kg.
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