US-based food company Kellogg has reported that its net earnings for the third quarter of 2012 increased 2.5%to$296m or$0.82 per share,compared to$290m or$0.80 per share for the same period in the previous year,due to the strong performance ...
South African food company Tiger Brands has agreed to acquire 63.4% stake in Dangote Flour Mills, a leading manufacturer of pasta and flour in Nigeria, from Dangote Industries. Tiger Brands announced in May 2012 that it was holding ...
ConAgra Mills, the food ingredients brand of US packaged foods firm ConAgra Food, has launched Ultragrain High Performance (HP), a new addition to its Ultragrain family of flours. The company noted that the new product offers whole wheat ...
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Arcadia Biosciences has signed an agreement with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center(CIMMYT)and the US Agency for International Development(USAID)to develop heat-tolerant wheat variants. The wheat varieties will be ...
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Nature's Pride, a bread-maker based in Texas, has introduced new packaging for the Hearty Breads wide-pan line, which the firm claims displays nutritional information more clearly. According to the firm, the packaging displays each slice ...
In the vast land of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China,which is regarded as"the Roof of the World,"diligent and smart Tibetan people have achieved much.Tibetan architectures,costumes,cuisines,folklores,epics,dances and festivals appeal ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 24 fell and 60 remained unchanged on 29/11/2012.The largest rises were Potassium chloride (0.56%),Xylene (0.54%),Wheat (0.45%),while the ...
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What is the theme of human birth?First it is to know where life comes from;and then to wish that the newborn grows up healthy and strong.Human life comes from mother's body of the universe,which the Chinese believe is as primeval as pigeon ...
The 24 solar terms are special terms created by ancient working people of China to reflect the changes of weather, climate and natural phenomena. The terms are closely related to agricultural production and every aspect of daily life, ...
The Chinese Way of Life is quite unique and very different from that of Western cultures in both Traditional and Modern China. Come and take a look! Traditional Way of Life Like all societies of the past, Traditional China had a ...
With a population of 17,935, the Deang ethnic minority lives exclusively in Yunnan Province and primarily in Luxi and Zhenkang Counties, along with Dai, Jingpo, and Wa ethnic minorities. Language: Their language is a branch of Mon-Khmer ...
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In Chinese, 'Yugur' means 'wealth and solidity'. With a population of 13,719 as at the 2000 census, approximately 90 percent of the Yugur people live in the four areas of Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, and the rest in the Yugur village of ...
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The Zang ethnic minority (also known as Tibetan) mainly live in the Tibetan Autonomous Region on the Tibetan Plateau£¬with some groupings in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces. The national census of 2000 showed that the ...
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The Dong ethnic minority lives primarily in the border regions between Guizhou, Hunan and Hubei Provinces, and it was during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), that this minority separated from the mixed minority 'Bai Yue', naming themselves Dong. ...
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The Miaos, with a population of 7,398,035, are mainly distributed in Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Miao women, living in Anning, Yunnan Province, and their ornaments. Once a girt is ...
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