Agriculture
Modi panel seeks ban on futures trading in essential commodities
03 Mar 2011
The panel has suggested promotion of organised retail and cooperatives to encourage competition in the agricultural market and increasing the flow of farm credit
India lifts ban on onion exports
17 Feb 2011
Pawar favours export of sugar, onion and rice
09 Feb 2011
Punjab potato growers on verge of Russian deal
By By Jagdeep Worah | 08 Feb 2011
Global food crisis in offing, warn France, FAO
05 Feb 2011
The warning comes a day after FAO said its global food price index had climbed to a record high in January, increasing for the seventh consecutive month
World food prices hit record high in January: FAO
04 Feb 2011
Global food price index has increased over 2.5 times since 2000, with maximum increases recorded for edible oils, which increased 4 times, and sugar 3.6 times
Wheat product exports to be banned: report
13 Jan 2011
Hectic talks on to get Pak onions back on road
08 Jan 2011
Pak onions rotting at JNPT to be cleared today
04 Jan 2011
The 200 tonnes of imported Pakistani onions that lay rotting at a Mumbai port for lack of clearances are likely to get the necessary permits to reach the market today after a media expose and intervention from the top
Western Australia farm contaminated by GM-canola
27 Dec 2010
Desperate govt okays free import of onions
22 Dec 2010
With the meagre exports from Pakistan only to fall back on, onion prices in the country are unlikely to decline much until at least the new crop starts arriving
Export ban succeeds in curbing onion prices
21 Dec 2010
Average onion prices at the country's largest wholesale onion trading hub in Lasalgaon in western Maharashtra fell 34 per cent to Rs2,500 per 100 kg after the ban
Onion prices may not cool for another three weeks: Sharad Pawar
21 Dec 2010
Even as people recoiled from the high price of onion, a vegetable that is part of their staple diet, the government warned that prices were unlikely to come down for another three weeks.
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