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PureCircle to Invest $200m in Indian Stevia Farms in Next Five Years
Apr 15, 2016Stevia ingredient producer PureCircle is planning to invest $200m in India’s stevia infrastructure in the next five years. The company is planning to collaborate with thousands of Indian farmers to plant 5,000 hectares of stevia ...
Tags: PureCircle, Investment, Stevia infrasture
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Coca-Cola Bottlers Plan to Invest $75.6m to Expand Operations in India
Mar 13, 2016Coca-Cola bottling firms Kandhari Beverages and Enrich Agro Food Products are planning to invest Rs5.1bn ($75.6m) to build manufacturing lines in Haryana state. A memoranda of understanding in this regards has been signed by the two ...
Tags: Coca-Cola Bottlers, Food Products
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Cotton Prices Will Remain Range-Bound During Cotton Year 2016
Jun 25, 2015Cotton prices will remain range-bound during cotton year 2016 even if domestic production declines by 10 to 15 per cent, according to ICRA, an independent and professional investment information and credit rating agency. In a report ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Cotton
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India's Government to Replace Groundwater Pumps for Irrigation with Efficient Pumps
Feb 27, 2014India’s government wants to replace 26 million groundwater pumps for irrigation with more efficient pumps that run on solar power, in an effort to relieve farmers of high costs of diesel fuel. Diesel generators are commonly used when ...
Tags: groundwater pumps, solar power, Diesel generators, irrigation
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Farmers and Ginners in India Held to Their Cotton Without Any Fear of Downtrend
Jan 14, 2014In the week ending January 11, 2014, farmers and ginners in India held to their cotton without any fear of downtrend, says a weekly report on cotton market trends released by S. Ajay Kumar & Company. During the week, cotton market ...
Tags: Cotton Farmers, cotton market
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TMC Address The Issues of Raising Productivity to Attractive Returns to The Farmers
Dec 19, 2013The Government of India commissioned the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) on February 21, 2000 to address the issues of raising productivity, improving quality and reducing the cost of production and thus provide competitive advantage to ...
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Cotton Prices Is Announced by SIMA Urges CCI
Feb 26, 2013Sustenance of conducive business environment for the textile industry is the need of hour with respect to cotton policies, said Mr. S Dinakaran, Chairman of The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA). SIMA Chief has said that after ...
Tags: SIMA, CCI, Cotton Prices
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Marginal Has Been Observed in Bt Cotton Yield Per Acre in India During The Last Few Years
Feb 17, 2013A marginal but steady decline has been observed in Bt cotton yield per acre in India during the last few years. When the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) variety of cotton was introduced in India, it caused a revolution and resulted in huge ...
Tags: Bt cotton, India, Productivity
