1. E-kisan, a portal that will go online on July 27, will allow Indian farmers to showcase their farm produce on the Internet for wholesalers to bid remotely before the crop is harvested and sent to the buyer.
2. The Indian government plans to spend ₹50,000 crore in five years (2015-16 to 2019-20) to provide irrigation facility to all farm lands, as a part of new scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana.
3. The Telangana govt's 1 week Green Necklace programme would start to plant trees across the start would begin on Friday (03July'15).
4. Indian Government has allocated Rs 200 crore for three years to set up an online national agriculture market by integrating 585 wholesale markets across India - a move that would help farmers realise better prices.
5. China topped the RASFF(Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (European Commission)) notifications by country of origin with 413 last year, followed by Turkey (201), India (199), Spain (166) and USA (164).
6. Nestlé India has been allowed to export Maggi noodles by the Bombay High Court but the product will remain off shelves in India.
7. The European Commission has launched a €71k proposal for a feasibility study on Solar Energy for the Food Industry.
8. The US ‘specialty gourmet’ retail channel – led by retailers such as The Fresh Market and Mariano’s - has 1,000 stores and revenues topping $18bn, according to market researcher SPINS.
9. Cargill may challenge the ruling of South Korea’s competition authority that claims the company was part of an animal feed price rigging cartel over a number of years.
10. Global food prices are likely to remain low over the coming decade driven by lower oil prices, according to a joint FAO-OECD report.
11. The order in which we eat food could play a vital role in how our bodies manage post-meal blood sugar and insulin levels, a small study has reported.
12. Ukraine and Russia are likely to become the bridgehead for the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the rest of Europe.
13. The UK’s online grocery market – valued at £9.57bn a year – is the globe’s second largest after China and is poised for further rapid growth, predicts the grocery think tank IGD.
14. Greece’s exit from the Eurozone – known as Grexit – and possibly the EU threatens British food and drink exports to Europe, currency experts have warned.
15. The A.P.State Agriculture minister said that actions will be taken on those who sell low quality seeds or at higher rates to farmers.
2. The Indian government plans to spend ₹50,000 crore in five years (2015-16 to 2019-20) to provide irrigation facility to all farm lands, as a part of new scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana.
3. The Telangana govt's 1 week Green Necklace programme would start to plant trees across the start would begin on Friday (03July'15).
4. Indian Government has allocated Rs 200 crore for three years to set up an online national agriculture market by integrating 585 wholesale markets across India - a move that would help farmers realise better prices.
5. China topped the RASFF(Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (European Commission)) notifications by country of origin with 413 last year, followed by Turkey (201), India (199), Spain (166) and USA (164).
6. Nestlé India has been allowed to export Maggi noodles by the Bombay High Court but the product will remain off shelves in India.
7. The European Commission has launched a €71k proposal for a feasibility study on Solar Energy for the Food Industry.
8. The US ‘specialty gourmet’ retail channel – led by retailers such as The Fresh Market and Mariano’s - has 1,000 stores and revenues topping $18bn, according to market researcher SPINS.
9. Cargill may challenge the ruling of South Korea’s competition authority that claims the company was part of an animal feed price rigging cartel over a number of years.
10. Global food prices are likely to remain low over the coming decade driven by lower oil prices, according to a joint FAO-OECD report.
11. The order in which we eat food could play a vital role in how our bodies manage post-meal blood sugar and insulin levels, a small study has reported.
12. Ukraine and Russia are likely to become the bridgehead for the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the rest of Europe.
13. The UK’s online grocery market – valued at £9.57bn a year – is the globe’s second largest after China and is poised for further rapid growth, predicts the grocery think tank IGD.
14. Greece’s exit from the Eurozone – known as Grexit – and possibly the EU threatens British food and drink exports to Europe, currency experts have warned.
15. The A.P.State Agriculture minister said that actions will be taken on those who sell low quality seeds or at higher rates to farmers.
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