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INDIAN fast-moving consumer goods conglomerate ITC is set to open its first ever dairy plant in Munger in the state of Bihar, before the end of this year, ITC vice president corporate communication Nazeeb Arif has confirmed to just-food.com

India’s highly competitive dairy sector has respected brands such as Amul, but Mr Arif said: “We can beat competition because our new range of differentiated, value-added dairy products are based on extensive consumer research.”…

For international dairy exporters, India remains an attractive destination, but they face serious challenges related to supply chain and distribution networks. “For an international company to come in and start from scratch, [it] has to struggle with the portfolio, procurement and distribution,” said Siva Nagarajan, managing director of Mother Dairy Fruits & Vegetables Ltd, owned by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB): It would take at least 10 years to build such a network, he told just-food.…

A NEW software and sensor system designed to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs by 20% in airports is being trialled at Rome’s Fiumicino and Milan’s Malpensa airports. This new CASCADE system has been developed through a EUR2.6 million European Union (EU) research project.…

Norway’s ministry of agriculture and food has included poultry products in its investigation of meat production and retail prices following fresh data indicating a sharp 7.1% price rise, despite an over-supply situation, in retail chicken prices between March and August.

The report by the from the country’s directorate of agriculture, which advises the ministry on industry competition and agricultural policy matters, takes place while consumer organisations lobby government to introduce stricter fair trade practices and rules to stimulate retail price competition.…

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) will cut its budget by 10% per cent of its operating costs and plans on revamping its research programmes, amidst grumbles from the industry about its funding arrangements. Job losses amongst its 248 staff are anticipated.…

THE CONCLUSION of a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the US could have serious adverse consequences for the EU suckler cows sector, European experts claim. A new study presented yesterday (Wednesday) in the European Parliament in Brussels argues US-sourced beef imports could increase in volume and fall in price.…

BANGLADESH’S textiles and knitwear exporters are confident they will see off the challenge posed by the country’s key regional rival Pakistan, which is benefiting from the European Union’s (EU) Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP Plus) status.

With these low tariff benefits, the Bangladeshi industry – whose country also has privileged access to the EU market though its ‘everything but arms’ duty free status – has concern about their exports of home textiles to the EU.…

AN ITALIAN-Chinese company is attempting to emulate IKEA in the automobile market, by offering a modular home and small-workshop production system for putting together a part-made car.
Based in Hong-Kong with a research and development centre in Busto Arsizio, Italy, OSVehicle is currently developing a homologated, modular car platform, called the Urban TABBY, with the key components for making a finished car that is legal to drive on roads across the European Union (EU).…

Botswana’s first private university, the Malaysian-owned Limkokwing University of Creative Technology is now a fully licensed tertiary institution, after seven years operating under an interim licence. The university’s vice chancellor Dr. Raphael Dingalo said the institution’s staff and students were upbeat about the development, announced earlier this month (September 1), just before the graduation of more than 900 students, from several African countries.…

BRITAIN might not be reliant on Russian gas to keep warm, but British utilities are only too well aware that if Moscow turns off the taps this winter, there will be significantly increased demand for alternative gas supplies.

As a result, utility executives will have been keeping a close eye on talks in Berlin this weekend, where the European Union’s (EU) energy commissioner Günther Oettinger has been trying to broker a deal with Russia and Ukraine to head off a supply freeze.…