The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Beijing:The milk powder scandal in China has taken a new turn with the Chinese dairy concerned saying it was distributing products imported from New Zealand. The New Zealand supplier has claimed its products were
Nasdaq-Listed Firm Under ProbeSaibal Dasgupta | TNNBeijing: Shocked by reports of babies developing breasts, the Chinese health ministry has ordered an investigation into the contents of the baby milk powders fed to them. The ministry fears that the milk powder may contain some hormones causing premature development of breasts. Health …
REASONS often cited for increase in commodity prices range from soaring global prices to drought as in the last kharif season. Thus, price rise is typically taken as a short-run phenomenon, expected to disappear with the passage of time. Experience with some agricultural commodities in recent years, however, shows that …
Birmashri Rathore knows exactly how much water to add to milk so that it can still be accepted as milk. As the price of this essential commodity shot up across the country over the past two years, so did the level of dilution in the family’s daily milk. Three years …
KENDRAPARA: Basanti Jena of Rankal village here earns Rs 130 by selling 10 litres milk everyday. But life was not the same for her five years back as the same business fetched her a paltry sum. Her fortune got a boost with the setting up of Karandia milk production centre …
International prices of key food staples have dropped during the first five months of 2010 according to the latest edition of FAO's biannual Food Outlook report. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 164 points in May 2010, down from 174 points in January and substantially less than its peak of …
This report by OECD and FAO presents a consistent view on the evolution of global agricultural markets over the next decade and provides a baseline for further analysis of alternative economic or policy assumptions. Says that world food prices will rise this decade, boosted by a growing population and changing …
NGO says purity tests undertaken on seven leading brands revealed levels of bacteria and coliform count way above permissible limits Highlighting the level of contamination in packaged milk available in the market, Ludhiana-based NGO Consumer Protection Force has said purity tests undertaken on seven leading brands sold in the market, …
The latest report on consumption levels and pattern of households in Delhi by State Directorate of Economics and Statistics. Provides details on important demographic features & other aspects of living conditions like energy source for cooking/lighting, dwelling ownership type, etc. See Also Feature: Changing livelihood pattern of slum dwellers in …
This latest FAO study assesses the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global dairy cattle sector and provide estimates of GHG emissions associated with milk production & processing for main regions and farming systems of the world. This study assesses the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global dairy cattle …
RFID Tags Help Improve Production At Dairies MANASI, who turned four last year, walks towards a feeding machine kept in the corner of a small farm house, which politely refuses to offer her feed because it
Jamshedpur: Two years from now, the entire state will get a wholesome taste of East Singhbhum. Deputy chief minister Raghubar Das today laid the foundation stone of a mega dairy project under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana at Baliguma, on the outskirts of the steel city. With an ambitious investment …
Despite price boil, dairy industry most competitive globally Growing Interest Of Local & GLobal Cos Likely To Double Sector Size To Rs 5,20,000 Cr By 2011 DOMESTIC consumers may be feeling the pinch of an upspiral in milk prices over the last several months but milk production in India is …
BHUBANESWAR: The Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department has made an ambitious perspective plan for the next decade with a plan proposal of Rs 5,455 crore. Setting milestones for the department, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Damodar Rout said it has been targetted to double milk production from 1.5 …
David Barboza SHANGHAI: On December 31, Chinese regulators announced that they had arrested three executives and shut down a dairy company here for selling products contaminated with an industrial chemical called melamine. It looked like another sign that regulators had stepped up their food safety campaign after six children died …
These regulations may be called the Food safety and standards (milk and milk products) amendment regulation, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Governor K. Sankaranarayanan today laid the foundation stone of a one lakh litre milk processing and packaging plant near Khelgaon in Hotwar, a few yards from the venue of the 34th National Games. The project, for which the state had earlier signed an MoU with the National Dairy Development Board …
This report describes the outcome of a Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) mission in India, carried out between 16 and 24 September 2009, as part of the published programme of FVO inspections on residue controls in third countries. The objective of the mission was to evaluate the implementation of national …
