Food & Beverage News

AFrica all set for big date with big seven
Agri-Food, one among Africa’s famed seven-show event—Africa’s Big Seven (AB7)—is all set to kick off along with the other six— IFMA, FoodBiz Africa, FoodTech Africa, InterBake Africa, Pan Africa Retail Exhibition, and Retail Solutions Africa—at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, Johannesburg, from July 17, 2011. The shows will culminate into a grand finale on July 19, 2011.

“AB7 is a seven-in-one expo showcasing food and beverage industry - crop to shop”
South Africa-based Exhibition Management Services (EMS) is experienced in delivering pan- African exhibition programmes. With nearly 30 years networking in Africa, EMS is known for identification, notification and participation of qualified international trade visitors to its events.

Implementing AgriBusiness in Africa – Successfully
Commenting on Africa’s economic problems during an interview on BBC News in May, Mteto Nyati, managing director of Microsoft South Africa, said the country should look at where it has comparative advantages: “We have that in agriculture; we should be feeding the rest of the world.”

Nichrome bags its first order for HFFS machines in Germany
Nichrome India Ltd had launched its first indigenously manufactured Spanish technology HFFS machine along with its high-speed multilane sachet machine with US technology at the world’s biggest packaging exposition Interpack 2011 at Dusseldorf, Germany, in May this year.

High Energy Hulled Rice
Rice is the most consumed cereal grain in the world, especially in East, South and Southeast Asia. Cultivation of rice is well-suited to regions with low labour costs and high rainfall.

Devinarayan offers bamboo, organic towels & more
With the world increasingly going natural and organic, Devinarayan Enterprises, a leading towel manufacturer, exporter and supplier from India, among its various offerings has introduced bamboo & organic towels.

“Growing tourism in SA aids rise in F&B outlets”
IDS Next, the erstwhile IDS Softwares Pvt. Ltd, is known for providing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and total technology solutions for the hospitality and leisure sector. The company is now looking to increase its presence in the markets of South Africa.

Halaal World caters for the growing Halaal industry at AB7
Currently twenty-three per cent of the world’s total population of 6,9-billion is Muslim, and this will increase to 25 percent by 2020.

Maharashtra chief minister stresses on enabling second green revolution
Increasing population and decreasing arable land are the two key issues we are facing today, and hence, concerted efforts are needed to increase the farming area and agricultural production, to bring about the second green revolution in the country, according to Prithviraj Chauhan, chief minister, Maharashtra.