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Top natural rubber producers ending export curbs -sources

Canada Dot Com 19 Aug 2019

BANGKOK — The world’s top producers of natural rubber are not extending curbs on exports of the commodity, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday....

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Agrarian crisis: Free up land-lease markets

Financial Express 19 Aug 2019

The Committee is supposed to submit its report within two months. The Committee’s terms of reference (ToR) largely focus on agri-market reforms ranging from agricultural produce and livestock contract farming and Services Act of 2018 to Essential Commodities Act (ECA) and e-Nam etc ... ....

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PNG aims to retain 30% of exported gold, may change currency pegs

Yahoo Daily News 19 Aug 2019

By Jonathan Barrett ... PNG was the world's 14th largest gold producer in 2018, according to the World Gold Council ... PNG's Minister for Commerce and Industry Wera Mori told an investor forum in Sydney that the resources-rich nation was developing policies to keep more of the commodities it produces in the country to improve its economy ... dollar ... ....

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Australia-funded project improves rice-shrimp farming in Mekong Delta

The Saigon Times 19 Aug 2019

The Mekong Delta is the most important rice-producing region in Vietnam, where more than half of the country’s annual rice output is produced. Meanwhile, shrimp is the region's most valuable commodity, which accounts for approximately 40% of the country's earnings from seafood ... As a result, he has reached an audience in excess of 10 million people ... ....

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Basmati paddy futures contract launched

Business Line 18 Aug 2019

Commodities exchanges NCDEX (National commodities and derivatives exchange) and ICEX (Indian commodity exchange) launched basmati paddy futures — Pusa 1121 variety last month, adding one more commodity to the agri futures ... Plus, India is producing in surplus; it is among the largest producer and exporter globally....

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Truant rains, sanctions on Iran hurt turmeric

Deccan Chronicle 18 Aug 2019

A recent report by Angel Commodities pointed out that there has been a revival in monsoon rains in turmeric growing districts in south India ... India is the largest turmeric producer, with 75-80 per cent share of the global production, and the demand for the commodity has been increasing rapidly from the medicinal and cosmetic industry....

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Don’t expect Houthi attack on Saudi oil facility to move markets far

The National 18 Aug 2019

Read More. Damage at Saudi gas field 'limited' after Houthi drone attack, says minister ... The trade conflict between the biggest global producer of crude and the top buyer of the commodity had restricted Brent price moves in a tight band between $60 and $67 over the last couple of months ... Updated. August 18, 2019 04.34 PM. SHARE . ....

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From Plate to Plough: Unlock the land markets

Indian Express 18 Aug 2019

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was appointed the committee’s convenor ... This includes reforming the Agricultural Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and Services Act of 2018 and the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) as well as suggesting measures to reinvigorate the e-Nam scheme. Advertising ... We welcome this approach ... Advertising ... Delhi ... ....

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Commodities Act sections that shrink farmer earnings may go

The Times of India 17 Aug 2019

... Commodities Act, 1955, in its entirety ... On the Essential Commodities Act, Fadnavis said, “NITI Aayog has suggested imposing stock limits under the Act only when commodity prices rise 50% and not before that.” Stock limits are imposed to lower prices of agricultural produce....

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Maharashtra Chief Minister panel to seek views on use of GM technology

DNA India 17 Aug 2019

The committee also discussed at length the Model Agriculture Produce Market Committee Act prepared ... Fadnavis informed that the committee also debarted on the exclusion of agriculture from the existing Essential Commodities Act so that the prices of agriculture produce may not fall....

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McDonald's purchased $34 million from Indiana farmers, producers, growers in 2018

The Courier Times 16 Aug 2019

INDIANAPOLIS — Delivering quality ingredients to all of our customers requires the hard work of millions of farmers, ranchers and producers and suppliers in dozens of countries around the world ... In Indiana, the McDonald’s system is proud to support commodity farmers, producers and growers to source some of its quality ingredients....

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Sugar rises as Brazil currency strengthens

The Times of India 16 Aug 2019

London ... A stronger real makes dollardenominated prices less attractive in local currency terms and can deter producer selling. Brazil is the top producer of both commodities ... ....

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Letters: Mass shootings part of vicious cycle

The Advocate 16 Aug 2019

More mass shootings. Two in less than a day. Domestic terrorism surpasses the global version ... The new normal — rage and bullets ... Letters ... Letters ... We can have another thousand points of light mission paired with a moon shot effort that will produce a commodity far higher than high-tech — the loving abundance of human capital. Stan Rynott. social worker ... ....