6,200 farmers received training in sustainable castor project

Project Pragati, the sustainable castor programme being implemented over the past six years in Gujarat, has taught, audited, and certified over 6,200 farmers. By utilising sound agricultural methods to boost productivity and income, Pragati was established in May 2016 by Arkema, BASF, Jayant Agro Organics, and implementation partner Solidaridad. Its goal is to enable sustainable…

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Oil prices rebound from a 1-year low, but they’re still headed for significant weekly losses

Oil prices rebounded from a one-year low on Friday as traders bought into severely discounted markets, but they were still headed for steep losses this week as the outlook for petroleum consumption was weakened by growing recession fears and rising interest rates. The U.S.-Canada Keystone pipeline was shut down after a spill in Kansas, but…

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OZiva’s majority stake will be acquired by HUL, along with 19.8% of Wellbeing Nutrition.

Hindustan Unilever, a major FMCG company, entered the health and wellbeing market by making strategic investments in Nutritionalab’s Wellbeing Nutrition and OZiva from Zywie Ventures. HUL would pay ‘264 crore in cash to acquire a 51% interest in OZiva through a combination of primary infusion and secondary buy-outs. HUL stated that the remaining 49% will…

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