Agriculture
`Post-harvest management key to farm growth'
THERE is a need for paradigm shift in management planning for bountiful agricultural production and this can be achieved through post-harvest technology and value-addition intervention, according to Dr Rajinder P. Kachru, Assistant Director General (Proc ess Engineering), Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

Aquaculture
US firm mulls Indian unit
THE 13th India International Seafood Show 2001 has attracted significant attention from overseas buyers with many of them evincing interest in widening the range of seafood products.

Food & Dairy Products
Govt plans to double feed output
THE Government plans to launch various schemes to double the feed output to meet the increasing demand from the livestock sector, according to Ms Chitra Gauri Lal, Joint Secretary in the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department in the Agriculture Ministr y.

Policy
Govt to reject WTO draft on eco-labelling
THE country will reject the draft paper on eco-labelling in fishery sector, slated to come up for discussion at the WTO meeting on `Standards in Fishery' scheduled on February 13, said Ms Nita Chowdury, Joint Secretary (Fisheries), Ministry of Agricultur e.

Sugar
Sugartrade.com ropes in 3 new partners
SUGARTRADE.COM, the portal on sugar trade and industry developed by e-commodities ltd, has roped in three more equity partners - the Tamil Nadu-based Thiru Arooran Sugars, DCM Shriram and JK Sugar of JK Industries.

Tea
Tocklai tea conference from today
THE two-day 33rd Tocklai biennial conference on `Tea research and development in the new millennium' begins on February 12 at Tocklai Experimental Station of the Tea Research Association (TRA) at Jorhat.

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