Food items which became expensive during the month include coffee (23 per cent), poultry chicken (7 per cent), fish-inland (6 per cent) and tea and fruits and vegetables (4 per cent each). WPI inflation was 5.20 per cent in April and 4.58 per cent a year ago in May.

With an increasing number of Indians exploring international cuisines, the business of exotic vegetables is also growing.

Rupee volatility was a major factor, with the currency's fall supporting exports. Chinese economic growth and its demand for agricultural commodities will be the other crucial factor in 2014, says ADMISI Commodities' Tushar Rathod.

Anil Agrawal's Sanwaria Agro has been ranked one of the fastest wealth creators between 2006 and 2011. The Agrawal family has years of expertise in procuring soybean and supplying it to companies such as ITC and SM Dyechem.

The government also increased the minimum support price (MSP) of pulses and oilseeds by up to Rs 450 and Rs 320 per quintal, to boost ouput and reduce import dependence.

If you're health-conscious and feel that regular foods are damaging your health, here's former cricketer Dilip Doshi's pick of organic ingredients to stock up on.

This acquisition strengthens Cargills existing portfolio of leading edible oil and vanaspati brands and also expands its market reach in Indias palm oil and its derivatives including vanaspati market.

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The walls and shelves of Suresh Senapathy's office room at the Wipro campus in Bangalore are cluttered with framed citations, certificates, medallions and trophies he has received over the years. Wipro's CFO spoke to Goutam Das and Josey Puliyenthuruthel.

If you are looking to diversify your portfolio, you can invest some funds in oil and oilseeds for steady returns.

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Hit by the Forest Conservation Act, ITC chose the difficult option of farm forestry and came up trumps.

Besides all the heroism and adventure linked with private eyes- think fedora-wearing, suave, lady magnet-a lot of hard work and long hours go into the job. Hitani Kaur gives you the low-down on becoming a real life PI.

Buy into a sector that will remain relevant in market boom or bust; zero in on a stock that will grow aggressively over the medium term; buy it at a point where it represents attractive value.

In the age of seamless markets it would be puerile to lay all the blame on the finance minister’s door. But his budget could have provided fresh triggers for the markets to rally around.

Starting at the peak of the global financial crisis, India's first agribusiness fund has done some smart deals in the food business.

Inflation is a bugbear that continues to give mandarins in the economic ministries sleepless nights. The latest figures show it at 11.98 per cent for the week ended July 19. Sub-normal rainfall in large parts of India can push inflation to 14 per cent.

Mother Dairy eyes a billion dollars by 2010.

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