The Top 10 APAC food and beverage start-up stories in 2021
WATCH: ‘High quality, no alcohol’: UAE’s first non-alcoholic online drink marketplace Drink Dry takes first foray into supermarkets The UAE’s first premium non-alcoholic drinks online marketplace, Drink Dry, has entered the retail space with its first partner, supermarket chain Choithrams, with the firm exploiting a gap in the market for sophisticated booze-free offerings. The company…
Organic farming may grow under new Cooperative Policy : Amit Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah, who is also minister of cooperation, on Sunday, announced that the Centre will soon unveil a new comprehensive cooperative policy to widen the reach of cooperatives at the grassroot level and strengthen the cooperative sector. He also said that the government has decided to amend the Multi State Cooperative Societies…
How Multistate cooperatives function and why govt plans to amend the law
On Sunday, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah announced that the Centre has decided to amend the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002 to “plug the loopholes in the Act”. He was speaking at the convocation of the Vaikunth Metha National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune. What is the Act, and what are…
Central and state government must work in tandem for dairy development
Calculus is a branch of mathematics that involves the study of rates of change. It has two branches. They are names as differential and integral calculus. Life is another name for change. The process of solving problems is nothing but changing the status quo. Let us look at the ways in which dairy problems are being…
Mymul to set up vigilance squad to tackle fake products
A day after a fake Nandini ghee racket was unearthed in Mysuru, the Mysuru District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Societies’ Union Limited (MYMUL) has decided to set up a vigilance squad to counter the distribution of fake dairy products misusing the Nandini brand name. MYMUL President P.M. Prasanna told reporters in Mysuru on Friday their vigilance…
Making cheesecake for Christmas? Kraft will pay you $20 not to
Kraft has a solution to the cream cheese crisis that’s ruining holiday cheesecake plans: paying holiday shoppers to eat a different dessert. The maker of Philadelphia Cream Cheese said Wednesday that it plans to reimburse $20 to 18,000 shoppers who buy other desserts or dessert ingredients as cream cheese supplies remain spotty nationwide. To claim…
Making cheesecake for Christmas? Kraft will pay you $20 not to
Kraft has a solution to the cream cheese crisis that’s ruining holiday cheesecake plans: paying holiday shoppers to eat a different dessert. The maker of Philadelphia Cream Cheese said Wednesday that it plans to reimburse $20 to 18,000 shoppers who buy other desserts or dessert ingredients as cream cheese supplies remain spotty nationwide. To claim…
Trouw Nutrition gamechanger partnership with Stellapps to help farmers
The mutually-beneficial partnership commits both parties to a close cooperation to find innovative ways of Feeding the Future, Nutreco’s purpose. It follows an announcement in October which confirmed that Stellapps had completed its first close towards its pre-series C round, led by Nutreco, alongside other investors. In addition to high-quality feed products, today’s nutritional partnership…
India seeks duty free market access for dairy, spices, cheese from UAE
India has urged for duty-free market access from the UAE for spices, cheese, eggs and textiles as a part of the free trade pact it is working out with the grouping. India is keen to get duty-free access for its fresh and frozen bovine meat, dairy, spices, organic chemicals, and paper goods. Photo courtesy: Dubai Airport Due…
WORLD DAIRY NEWS Dairy exporter Fonterra to invest $2.7 bln to grow and cut emissions
Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd , the world’s biggest dairy exporter, said on Monday it would invest about NZ$4 billion ($2.72 billion) by 2030 to move milk into higher value products, pursue growth, and reduce emissions. The New Zealand-based firm expects to return NZ$1 billion to investors over the next decade on the back of asset…