China's farm produce prices drop

The prices of China's farm produce continued to fall in the week ending May 8, but at a slower rate than that of the previous week, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday.
During the week of May 2 to 8, the average wholesale prices of 18 types of vegetables dropped 3.1 percent from the previous week, the ministry said in a statement on its website. The decline rate was 1.1 percentage points lower than that of the previous week, it said.
The price of onions and peppers slid by 11.6 percent and 8.8 percent, respectively, last week from a week earlier, while the price of celery and Chinese cabbage rose 15.8 percent and 11.4 percent, respectively, from the previous week, the statement said.

The Captive Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus): Nutritional Considerations with Emphasis on Management of Cystinuria

The intent of this project was to investigate options for improvement of a commercially manufactured prescription diet designed to reduce manifestation of clinical disease secondary to cystinuria in captive maned wolves in the United States. Diets high in plant-based protein, independent of sulfur amino acid content, resulted in an increase in average urine pH as well as a decrease in urine cystine crystal formation and cystine excretion in maned wolves.

India pesticides limited

India Pesticides Limited entered the Agrochemicals & Pharmaceutical Industry in 1973 founded by Mr. Anand Swarup Agarwal an industrialist with a strong vision for future growth now a Multiproduct Multilocated Company which includes a leading Hindi daily RASHTRIYA SWAROOP. The company's manufactuing facilities and their corporate office at Lucknow are manned by highly qualified, adquately experienced professionals and scientists in addition to a commited team of employees which include skilled and semiskilled work force with competent upcontry operations are manned by competent marketing professionals and supports staff located in company's regional/branch offices based at all the regions of India well known products of the company are CAPTAN, FOLPET, LINDANE, THIRAM, ZIRAM, CHLORPYRIPHOS, TOLNAFTATE, RUBBER CHEMICALS, DYE INTERMEDIATES ETC. India Pesticides Limited enjoys a very healthy management-worker relationship reflacting high standards of industrial relations, through constant implementaion of excellent staff welfare programmes. The employees in turn are a highly motivated team commited to the goals of organisation with special emphasis on superior quality and customer satisfaction.

National seed corporation Limited

Working since 1963, under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture of Government of India. It undertakes production, processing and marketing of agricultural seeds. It's product range include cereals, pulses, oilseed, fodder, fibre and vegetable crops.

NSC pioneered the development of Indian Seed Industry on scientific lines with its involvement in the formulation of seed certification standards. Its seeds are evaluated for quality standards by independent seed certification agencies besides internal quality checks and laboratory tests in its own ISTA accredited Seed Testing Laboratory.