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The NCDEX Commodity Index is an equal-weighted spot price index of 10 agricultural commodities covering different goods such as oils and oilseeds, fibres, etc. It is the first such index to be launched in India .
National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) is an Indian online commodity and derivative exchange based in India. It has an independent board of directors and provides a commodity exchange platform for market participants to trade in commodity derivatives.
Apple seed oil is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing apple seeds. It is used in manufacturing cosmetics. [1] Apple seed oil may be used as an edible oil, with the oil cake being used to supplement animal feed. [2] Apple seed oil has a relatively high iodine value and because of this it is used in the production of alkyd resins, shoe polish ...
In 1942 the Porton Down biology department outsourced the production of 5,273,400 linseed press cakes to Olympia Oil and Cake Company in Blackburn Meadows [4] which would then be infected with Bacillus anthracis (bacteria that causes Anthrax) and using in the biological warfare program Operation Vegetarian.
The seed's oil is widely used for industrial purposes such as soap making, paints preparations and preparation of different types of emulsions. [13] The seed is used as bird food. As the seeds are so small, specialized bird feeders are manufactured for niger seed. In the United Kingdom the seeds attract finches and siskins. [14]
New research links omega-6 fatty acids, commonly found in seed oils, and colon cancer growth. But there’s more to the story—and study if you read it carefully.
Neem cake organic manure is the by-product obtained in the process of cold pressing of neem tree fruits and kernels, and the solvent extraction process for neem oil cake. It is a potential source of organic manure under the Bureau of Indian Standards, Specification No. 8558. Neem has demonstrated considerable potential as a fertilizer.
A key part of the initial purpose of the marketing board was price stability, fixing producer prices whereby excess surplus is saved during rainy times to be used to subsidize farmers during lean times. However, in 1962, this policy was changed and surplus was mandated to be used for developmental purposes. [7]