Agriculture


Markfed to enter food retailing in a big way
THE Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (Markfed), Asias largest marketing cooperative, plans to invest Rs 150 crore over the next 2-3 years in the organised food retailing business.

Rabo consortium eyes FCI project
Rabo India Finance Ltd has formed a consortia comprising Markfed and Bulkwest, Australias biggest grain handler, to bid for the Food Corporation of Indias (FCI) project of establishing infrastructure for bulk handling, storage and transportation of wheat on a build, own and operate (BOO) basis.

Plantations
Instant coffee gaining popularity: Study
SOUTH India, the bastion of traditional filter coffee, is changing over to instant coffee, according to a Coffee Board-sponsored study.

Tea
Assam to reconstitute tea panel
THE Standing Committee on Tea Industry of Orissa will be re-constituted and made functional soon.

Northern tea estates to go ahead with output cut plan
THE Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA) has reconfirmed that the tea estates of North India will halt production from the first week of December despite strong protests from the Tea Auction Buyers Association of Calcutta.

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