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Saturday, January 19, 2002
Agri Prices (Jan. 18)
Sugar (S-30)1370 (1375)
Coconut oil ready3725 (3725)
Palm Oil (10 kg)291 (295)
Groundnut oil ready355 (355)
Pepper garbled6400 (6400)

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Karnataka arecanut traders plan bandh
THE efforts of the Karnataka Government to act as a facilitator in the new economic regime has sparked off a controversy with arecanut traders in Mangalore planning a bandh on January 25. Over the past few years there have been several ... More

RUBBER


Rubber rises on supply crunch
RUBBER market firmed up further on Friday with almost all the grades barring latex rising due to supply crunch. With international price in rubber rising to Rs 27.75 per kg (57.70 cents per kg) for RSS 3 imported into India in place of RSS 4, ... More

SUGAR


Plea to check export sugar diversion
THE Bombay Sugar Merchants' Association (BSMA) has urged the Ministry for Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution to initiate urgent action against diversion of sugar stocks meant for export to the domestic free-sale markets. ``Certain ... More

TECHNOLOGY


Coming of age
Mechanisation has come to stay in Kerala paddy fields, providing relief to farmers as harvesting operations have been hampered by shortage of farm workers, who are demanding high wages. ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


Rabi oilseeds output set to recover
OUTPUT of rabi oilseeds is set to stage a modest recovery this year, according to the Delhi-based VMA Oilseeds Research and Development Institute (VORDI). VORDI has said a total area of 74.31 lakh hectares has been sown under various rabi ... More

EVENTS


  • FAO workshop on farming systems
  • Icrisat seminar on rural women

    COMMODITY EXCHANGES


    COFEI Internet trading delayed
    THE launch of Web-based futures trading by the Coffee Futures' Exchange of India (COFEI) Ltd has been delayed as it is yet to finalise the service providers to enable Internet trading. "Interactions with a few service providers and software ... More
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