India
Report suggests India’s baby food market is set to soar
A combination of demographic, social and economic factors is helping grow India’s baby food market, which is set to cross the US$250m mark in 2014, a new report has said.
Archives for August 27, 2014
Australian dairy industry calls for selfies to raise FTA awareness
New Zealand’s dairy industry is milking its Australian counterpart out of A$30m a year, according to a dairy farming lobby group that is calling for a free-trade agreement to level the playing field.
Gaza conflict causes $450m damage to agri infrastructure
The recent conflict in Gaza has effectively halted local food production and caused US$450m-worth of damage to the territory’s agricultural infrastructure, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns.
Pernod Ricard hit by Chinese slump
Pernod Ricard says a slump in China, and unfavourable foreign exchange effect, is responsible for an overall 7% fall in sales, as it released its full year 2013/14 results today.
Global investor takes share of Chinese poultry player
KKR & Co, a global investment firm, has come to a definitive agreement with Chinese poultry producer Fujian Sunner Development Co, to invest around $400m in the business, in return for an 18% stake.
Australia
Researchers make progress in finding how wines make drinkers feel
Australia’s wine industry needs to turn to the perfume industry to learn how wines affect a consumer’s emotions, according to a researcher from Adelaide.
Milling & Grains bite-size Science
Australia’s zero-weed tolerance, waterlogging in barley plants, the spreading wheat curl mite
Lessons from Australia in wheat herbicide resistance, waterlogging stress tolerance and how the wheat curl mite spreads.
Brazil envoys petition Egypt and Iran to lift embargoes
The Brazilian agriculture ministry (Mapa) is sending a trade delegation to Egypt and Iran in an attempt to restart embargoed beef shipments and improve systems for importing poultry.
GCC food imports to double in a decade to $53bn
GCC spending on food imports will more than double in the decade to 2020 to reach US$53.1bn, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report.
Saudi poultry production up, but struggling with disease and costs
Saudi Arabia’s poultry production is growing strongly, but disease and feed costs are thwarting the kingdom’s aim of domestic self-sufficiency, according to a US Department of Agriculture report.
From lab to field: Breeding-out Australia’s ‘most costly’ wheat disease
Australian farmers are reaping the benefits of yellow spot-resistant wheat, developed by a team of researchers using gene deletion.