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The corporate magnanimity of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) the manufacturers of popular Munchee Biscuits has once again been rewarded with international recognition with the prestigious ARTGOLD Programme of the UNDP heeding the request of CBL to continue its assistance for Phase II of the UNDP sponsored farmer assistance project launched three years ago in 2008/2009.
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New Delhi: Tea exports declined by four per cent to 12.27 million kg in June this year due to a fall in exports of the brew from South India.
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Reuters: Buyers returned to the weekly tea auction in Bangladesh on Tuesday, ending two weeks of boycott after the Government temporarily suspended a new tax, brokers said.
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Reuters: The benchmark Tokyo rubber futures fell more than three per cent to a five-week low early in Asian trade on Tuesday, tracking falls in oil and share prices amid growing fears that the global economy may fall into a double-dip recession.
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Kochi (The Hindu Business Line): India’s seafood exports are targeted to rise to $ 4 billion for the current year, up from $ 2.8 billion which was achieved in 2010-11.
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For the first time since World War II, rice futures returned to the trading landscape on Monday, but it took another day for the first contract to be sealed on the Tokyo Grain Exchange.
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Van Rees, one of the world’s leading tea traders, has just completed a successful HR assignment with MTI HRM Solutions, for its Sri Lankan operations.
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By Shezna Shums
The National Farmers Week will conclude today (5 August). This is the first such national agricultural event that was held in the Northern District at this level during the last three decades.
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Following is the speech delivered by Hatton National Bank PLC Deputy General Manager, Banking With The Poor Network Chairman and Lanka Financial Services for the Underserved Settlements Chairman Chandula Abeywickrema as the keynote speaker at the conference ‘Cracking the Nut: Overcoming Obstacles to Rural and Agricultural Finance,’ which was co-hosted by the World Bank, FAO, Inter-American Development Bank and USAID on 20 June in Washington DC:
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By Devin Jayasundera
GrainPro Portable Granary a cost effective, hassle free, preservation system mainly suited for agriculture products was introduced to the Sri Lankan Market by Agri Genesis Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., on Tuesday.
All types of grains and seeds including rice, corn, tea, spices, wheat and even flowers can be stored in GrainPro systems. GrainPro Portable Granary storage system uses the same technology of the traditional underground hermetic storage system, which is still used in several Asian and African countries. Hermetic Technology is a system, which enables gas tight, air tight and watertight environment. This permits the control of oxygen inside the system and keeping it at a very...