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The next Himachali apple season could stretch round the year. In a first in the country, the state government has cleared a multi-crore project for the establishment of ‘Controlled Atmosphere’ (CA) storage and a cold-chain network in the four districts that comprise the apple belt. The Gujarat-based Adani Agri Fresh Ltd, which plans to invest Rs 167 crore in the project, has already identified three spots for the CA stores. Rs 300-cr project for restoring water bodies approved (1/27/2005, The Hindu Business Line) THE Union Cabinet today approved a national project for repair, renovation and restoration of water bodies directly linked to agriculture. Nabard okays 62 Gujarat cold storages (2/17/2004, The Economic Times ) In order to encourage Gujarat farmers to adopt better technology to preserve fruits and vegetables, the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development, Gujarat zone, has sanctioned 62 cold storage projects with a cumulative cost of Rs 76.50 crore. 'Storage reforms are key to grain futures' (12/23/2003, The Economic Times) Prime Minister Vajpayee may have flagged off futures trading in wheat and rice — banned thus far — with great fanfare and trumpeting last Sunday, but agro economists aren’t exactly doing a jig with joy for the impending revolution in food management and economy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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