(i) GDP Data In 2005, XPCC realized a total output value of 33.112 billion Yuan including an output value of primary industry of 13.064 billion Yuan, that of secondary industry of 8.335 billion Yuan, that of tertiary industry of 11.713 ...
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India has launched a program to achieve more than 19 million tonne pulse in the Kharif season – the rainy season in the country which starts in May and ends in January. The program will focus on three crops - pigeon pea, green gram ...
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Private equity firms Blackstone and BC Partners are set to submit a joint bid for frozen food company Iglo, in a deal which is expected to value the company at $3bn, including debt. The two firms, which were earlier competing with each ...
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PGP International has broken ground on a$17.2m manufacturing and distribution facility in Indiana,US,as part of its plan to boost production of speciality food ingredients and additives. The 70,000ft2 facility,which will be located in ...
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The number of people of the Tibetan ancestry is placed at 4,593,330. They mainly live in Tibet Autonomous Region and the neighboring provinces such as Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan. Tibet, the roof of the world, is a land of ...
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UK-based food company Baxters is introducing five new soup flavours in time for winter. The company has also enhanced 14 of its existing recipes as well as overhauling the packaging across its soup ranges. In the traditional favourites ...
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Breads baked with chickpea flour could help in formulating gluten-free breads without soya protein,according to a new study conducted by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,Spain. For the study,the research team led by Marta ...
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Destination Maternity Corporation, the world's leading maternity apparel retailer, opened the first Destination Maternity store in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This brings the total Destination Maternity store count in the Middle East ...
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Jequirity (love pea) Jequirity is an old keepsake representing that two loves miss each other. It is said that a man went out for a battle in ancient China, and his wife leaned against a tree to pray for her husband every day. She ...
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Vancouver-based Lumina Copper Corporation saw its shares rally after announcing a significant increase in the known sulphide copper, gold and molybdenum resources at its Taca Taca project in Salta province Argentina. At a 0.3% copper ...
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Temple fairs have been a part of daily life in Beijing for hundreds of years becoming especially popular during the Qing dynasty. Scattered all over the city so residents could easily make their way to the nearest, some fairs were held as ...
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The Tajik ethnic minority is mainly distributed across the Tashi Ku'ergan Tagik Autonomous County in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the census taken in 2000, the Tajiks have a population of 41,028. Although this group is ...
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Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has issued a permit to Cotton Australia for the use of various herbicides for the control of weeds in pigeon pea Bollgard II cotton refuges and trap crops from October 12, ...
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Currently,as you read this blog,there is an area of plastic trash floating over the Pacific ocean the size of Texas.If that is not enough to shake you,consider all the floating plastics that will add to this on its way from Japan after the ...
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John Lewis COLLECTION weekend's autumn winter 2012 range is a beatnik inspired collection which includes cowl neck cable knits,cashmere batwing jerseys,ski pant style twill trousers,indigo denim pencil skirts and animal print skinny ...