//06 Jun 2011
The area in Tamil Nadu state will house dozens of species of halophytes - or salt-loving plants - that can be used for producing cash crops. A pilot project to see if cash crops can be grown in the salty ground of India's coastal areas was launched in 2010.
Halophytes can be used to produce edible oils, medicines, vegetables, and cattle and fish feed. Halophytes can be found throughout the coastal areas of India.
Saline water plants can also be used to produce fine chemicals, biofuels and even building materials. Field studies conducted in the US and East Africa have suggested that halophytes such as sea asparagus can be grown as commercial crops.
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05 May 2011
CPF five-year focus; “India, Vietnam, Russia and Philippines”
//04 May 2011
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) fve year business plan has identified India, Vietnam, Russia and the Philippines as its “top priority markets for expansion, says president and CEO Adirek Sripratak,
“because we plan to access those markets where we believe we can win”!
CPF’s yearly investment budget of which 60% will be spent overseas in these four countries, and the aim is to “increase CPF’s overseas sales from 26% to 40% by 2015”.
In Vietnam, CPF is expanding businesses including pig, chicken, fish and shrimp farms, feed mills and shrimp hatcheries, while in Russia, the focus will be on pig farms – two of the planned 10 already running – and more investments in feed mills to serve the pig farms.
The Philippines, a high consumption market where the population growth is estimated at 2%, CPF operates pig, chicken, fish farms and shrimp hatcheries.
Earnings from overseas investments in its main markets in Taiwan, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Russia, Laos, the Philippines and mainland China, are expected to surge 66% in this year’s first quarter and 6% year on year, driven by higher meat product prices amid short supply and strong demand.
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) fve year business plan has identified India, Vietnam, Russia and the Philippines as its “top priority markets for expansion, says president and CEO Adirek Sripratak,
“because we plan to access those markets where we believe we can win”!
CPF’s yearly investment budget of which 60% will be spent overseas in these four countries, and the aim is to “increase CPF’s overseas sales from 26% to 40% by 2015”.
In Vietnam, CPF is expanding businesses including pig, chicken, fish and shrimp farms, feed mills and shrimp hatcheries, while in Russia, the focus will be on pig farms – two of the planned 10 already running – and more investments in feed mills to serve the pig farms.
The Philippines, a high consumption market where the population growth is estimated at 2%, CPF operates pig, chicken, fish farms and shrimp hatcheries.
Earnings from overseas investments in its main markets in Taiwan, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Russia, Laos, the Philippines and mainland China, are expected to surge 66% in this year’s first quarter and 6% year on year, driven by higher meat product prices amid short supply and strong demand.
14 March 2011
H5N1 virus detected on major poultry farm in India
//14 Mar 2011
On a major breeding farm in Ghandigam, India, the bird flu virus H5N1 has been detected. All the animals on the farm in addition to all the birds in a radius of 6 miles have been culled.
The farm has a capacity of 4,000 layer birds. When 380 chickens on the farms died, laboratory tests reveiled that the animals died from the H5N1 virus.
In 2006, H5N1 was first detected in India. No human infections have been reported since then.
On a major breeding farm in Ghandigam, India, the bird flu virus H5N1 has been detected. All the animals on the farm in addition to all the birds in a radius of 6 miles have been culled.
The farm has a capacity of 4,000 layer birds. When 380 chickens on the farms died, laboratory tests reveiled that the animals died from the H5N1 virus.
In 2006, H5N1 was first detected in India. No human infections have been reported since then.
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