Marchesini Group Presence in India is Getting Stronger In view of the increasing interest on India strategic market
shown by Italian industry in recent years, a seminar about
“Technological Advancements on Sterile Packaging
Machinery” was held in Mumbai, on Thursday the 8th of
February 2007. The event was organized by the Marchesini
Group S.P.A., the Italian world leader in the design and
manufacturing of packaging equipment, which is looking
forward to increase its presence in the fast growing Pharma
industry of India........More>>
Plasticulture -
A Boon to Indian
Agriculture Plasticulture applications are one of the most
important indirect agricultural inputs which can
transform Indian agriculture to an economically
vibrant sector. The country is well endowed with a
matching plastic industry which bears well in terms of
availability of high quality plastic inputs - which are
vital for cost effectiveness of these applications.
A robust and sustainable economic
growth depends on agricultural
sector keeping pace
with industrial growth – as 65% of India
lives in rural areas and is agriculture
dependent.
Over the years, there had been appreciable
difference between the overall
growth and the sectoral growth in
agriculture and allied areas. In fact, agricultural
growth has remained almost
stagnant – varying from 1.8% to 3.0%.
Since bulk of rural India depends on
agricultural and allied sector, the benefits
of economic growth has not
touched a large part of Indian population......More>>
Face to Face
Plastics Powering
Agriculture Polymer Industry has a very important role to
play in the agricultural sector and the industry
needs to shoulder this responsibility through
enhancing the use of polymers in the
agricultural sector as also to propagate its
environmentally friendly application.
Sustaining this demanding growth
rate year upon year will require
the agriculture sector to adopt
production enhancing technologies such
as bio-tech, precision farming, micro irrigation,
fertigation and diversified use
of its dry lands including dairy, livestock
and fisheries, says Dr. Radha Singh,
Former Secretary, Department of Agriculture
& Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture,
Government of India, New
Delhi in dialogue with ET Polymers.
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