Small agro-processing firms can now look to domestic research centres to enhance value and shelf life of farm products
Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 30, 2010, 0:22 IST

After initial hiccups, the agro-processing industry has finally begun to grow in both organised and unorganised sectors, though in distinctly different manners.

Tea industry of the NE region today called for an integrated state-of-the-art tea park in Guwahati, besides upgradation of the existing centre of the Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM) at Jorhat into a full fledged institute and upgradation of the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre to an international business hub of tea.

The Assam Valley Branch Consultative Committee of Plantation Assoc

Godrej Agrovet Ltd, the agri-business arm of leading conglomerate Godrej Ltd, has planned to enter the dairy farming business.

LUCKNOW: There's some positive news for UP, but only if the right set of people is listening.

Making a strong pitch for the potential of industrial growth in UP, the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India submitted a `Vision 2020' study paper for the growth strategy on UP to chief minister Mayawati on Sunday.

According to the Assocham report, with emphasis on the right sectors,

Farm equipment worth Rs. 42.86 lakh given

For farmers' benefit:I.

Bhubaneswar: Vice President of India M Hamid Ansari on Thursday said that while private sector investment plays a vital role in growth of the nation, its dismal rate of investment in agriculture sector has been a matter of concern for the last two decades.

Addressing the 30th convocation of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) here, he said that while the growth story of the c

AT A time when Tamil Nadu is facing labour shortage in farm-related work, the state agriculture department has launched a recruitment drive that will help the sector.