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Pakistan : Gilani vows support to rice industry, hails USD4bn exports

Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani praised Pakistan’s rice sector for its key economic role, contributing 0.6% to GDP. At REAP’s 17th...

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Telangana : BRS urges govt. to open maize procurement centres

BRS MLA V. Prashanth Reddy has urged the Telangana government to open maize procurement centres, paying farmers ₹2,800 per quintal (MSP ₹2,400...

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Ukrainian farmers harvested almost 30 mln tons of grains

Ukr Agro Consult

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Fiji : Government focuses on reviving sugar industry

Construction has begun on a new sugar mill in Rakiraki as part of government efforts to revive the sugar industry, Minister for...

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Global brands join drive for deforestation-free palm oil in Indonesia’s Aceh

Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever, and others formed the Aceh Sustainable Palm Oil Working Group to promote deforestation-free palm oil. Coordinated by IDH, it...

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SEA seeks targeted interventions to sustain momentum towards edible oil self-reliance

SEA President Sanjeev Asthana urged region-specific incentives, assured procurement, and yield programmes to boost edible oil self-reliance. Kharif oilseed sowing fell to...

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Sugar price surge: FBR willing to share info with NA panel

Pakistan’s National Assembly panel probed sugar price hikes as FBR reported a 56% tax rise from sugar mills and offered full disclosure...

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Agri chamber wants govt out of sugar sector

HYDERABAD: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has strongly criticised the government’s sugar policies and demanded to de-regulate the sugar industry and sugar...