Cardamom export scene looks rosy
The regular feature of Guatemalan cardamom flooding the market and giving trying times to Indian farmers seem to be something of the past, given the price and export levels of the Indian variety.

Focus on food processing sector, reduce agriculture tax -- Expert
Agriculture experts have asked the government to focus on developing the food processing sector and reduce high incidence of taxes in order to attain an agriculture growth rate of 4 per cent to 5 per cent.

Markfed bags first potato export order to Sri Lanka
Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (Markfed) has secured an initial export order of half a dozen container of potatoes to Sri Lanka.


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