Agro Mauritius
Local Fruit: Up to Rs 500 Watermelon ...
The price of local fruits take the elevator. They go up to Rs 500 for a watermelon and a pineapple Rs 30 ... The culprits: climate and bats.
22 Oct 2013, business.mega.mu
Bats: Rs 50 Million Damage
Bats continue to do damage. The community of farmers faced with difficult situations as they ravage frugivorous fruit trees each year. Thus, there is an annual loss of Rs 50 million. This is indicated by experts from the Ministry of Agro-Industry in charge of controlling the population of these flying mammals that eat seasonal fruits including lychees, longan, mango, among others.
21 Oct 2013, business.mega.mu
Cattle Theft: Phenomenon that Worsens
For some time, small farmers helplessly to a new social phenomenon: the thefts. Bulls, cows, goats, sheep ... they are all vulnerable to theft. Recently, a farmer Poste Lafayette was robbed of heifers. Farmers organize to fight this evil.
01 Oct 2013, business.mega.mu
Development in Africa: Mauritian Proposals Adopted by United Nations General Assembly
Mauritius is one of the ten countries identified by the African Union to prepare the roadmap for the post-2015 development of Africa. And recommendations presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs were selected Monday, September 23 at a meeting in the work of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
26 Sep 2013, business.mega.mu
Fusionner Pour Durer : Ces Organismes de Trop...
En novembre 2010, le ministre des Finances d’alors avait annoncé la décision du gouvernement de chercher conseil auprès des experts internationaux sur une possible fusion entre la Banque de Maurice (BM) et la Financial Services Commission (FSC).
25 Sep 2013, business.mega.mu
Mauritius Seychelles: XLD And Jean-Paul Adam Signed A Joint Statement
Under the 10th Mauritius -Seychelles Joint Commission, the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Xavier -Luc Duval and his Seychelles counterpart Jean- Paul Adam has this morning signed a joint agreement on 22 points. Cooperation in the economic , tourism and ocean economy is among the topics. Xavier -Luc Duval, for his part stressed the cultural affinity between Mauritius and the Seychelles.
08 Sep 2013, business.mega.mu
Local Products: Rodrigues's Coffee Promises Bright Future
Rodrigues has a promising future in that it is the production of quality coffee. Moreover since a Monday workshop is hosted on planting and production of the product from sixty participants in Malabar. Its goal is to promote local products.
15 Aug 2013, business.mega.mu
Hydroponic: Growing Sector
Not less than 330 farmers engaged in hydroponics have been identified across the island towards the end of 2012. "This is a sector that is attracting more and more entrepreneurs. Financial facilities available and the guidance offered to take growing up, "says Armoodalingum Ellapen, Research Scientist at the Agricultural Research & Extension Unit (AREU).
14 Aug 2013, business.mega.mu
Agriculture: La Production de Gros Pois à Maurice Possible
Les légumineuses, dont les gros pois, les petits pois, le soya et les haricots, peuvent être cultivées à Maurice, d’après les résultats des travaux effectués par des scientifiques agricoles de l’Agricultural Research and Extension Unit (AREU) et qui ont duré cinq à six ans. Ces résultats ont été disséminés à quelque 150 petits planteurs, jeudi et vendredi, lors d’une visite à la station agricole de Réduit.
25 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Agricultural Marketing Board in Restructuring Mode
A restructuring plan for the Agricultural Marketing Board (AMB) was developed jointly by the Office of Public Sector Governance (OPSG) and the direction of the AMB.
05 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Agribusiness: Rs 2500 per Head of Calf
It is a 'grant' special as the Ministry of Agro-industry pay each small farmer for every calf born after January 2013. This is the 'Calf Productivity Incentive Scheme' (cpi). Thus, a fund of Rs 3 million was made for the year 2013 for this assistance to small farmers.
04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Papaya at Risk From the Massive Attack of Mealy Bugs
Having appeared on the island in January, mealybugs give since the trouble to the farmers. Before the invasion, the Ministry of Agro-industry has sought the assistance of the World Health Organization.
02 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Mauritius to set up a National Plant Varieties and Seeds Office
Mauritius will soon set up a National Plant Varieties and Seeds Office that will regulate the cultivation, production, trade, export and import of seeds.
06 Jun 2013, business.mega.mu
Planting Mangroves Bears Fruit
In 2009, the Association for Sustainable Development (ADD), then newly created water puts 10,000 mangroves in Morne. This was done not only for erosion but also to protect the coasts of the wind and create a habitat for fry (Editor's note: very young fish ), crabs, worms and birds.
03 Jun 2013, business.mega.mu
Feasibility Study: Wheat Crop on Large Scale Soon
After conclusive experimental data wheat crop in Mauritius done in 2012, the Mauritius Research Council (MRC) plans to begin immediately the second phase of this project. After powder-d'Or (Orchard Baudot) on land of sugar Compagnie de Saint-Antoine, culture extend to Savannah and White Mountain.
23 May 2013, business.mega.mu
Agro-Industry Quarterly Results: Challenge of Rising Production Costs
The turnover Innodis group is growing for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, from Rs 2.92 billion in 2012 to Rs 3.09 billion this year one. Profits, however, were affected by the increase in production costs in the poultry industry.
16 May 2013, business.mega.mu
Agriculture: Mauritius Feared an Attack of Fruit Flies
The Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security declared quarantine zones village of Trou aux Biches and Labourdonnais following the discovery of a fruit fly, belonging to the species 'Bactrocera dorsalis' in a fly trap in the north.
22 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
L’Attaque des Cochenilles
De nouveaux parasites ont fait leur apparition dans l’île : trois types de cochenilles originaires d’Amérique centrale et d’Afrique qui font des ravages depuis le début de l’année.
03 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
The Sugar Company Rose-Belle Has no Money for Salaries for May
Beyond the month of April, the Rose Belle Sugar Estate can no longer pay the salaries of its employees. The only institution with the status of sugar semi-public body negotiates an overdraft with the bank.
02 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
The National Agricultural Products Regulatory Agency Bill Soon
A new bill, the National Agricultural Products Regulatory Agency (NAPRO) Bill will soon be presented to the National Assembly, at the initiative of the Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security. It aims at the integration of the Tea Board, the Tobacco Board and regulatory functions of the Mauritius Meat Authority.
31 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu