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Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Agri Prices (Feb. 11)
Sugar (S-30)1370 (1365)
Coconut oil ready4000 (4000)
Palm Oil (10 kg)286 (286)
Groundnut oil ready397 (392)

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Karnataka to extend cocoa cultivation to 2 lakh hectares
KARNATAKA is to bring two lakh hectares under cocoa over a period of time as an intercrop with coconut. As part of this effort, already cocoa has been planted in 2,000 hectares of irrigated gardens in the State. If the enthusiasm shown by the ... More

FLORICULTURE


Tanflora notified agri-export zone
TANFLORA, the floriculture incubator project being set up by the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) and the Bangalore-based CCL Flowers near Hosur has been converted into an agri-export zone (AEZ). The Directorate-General of ... More

RUBBER


Sheet rubber gains
KOTTAYAM: Sheet rubber and block rubber made further gains as supply crunch continued, despite low buying interest. Latex 60 per cent, however, remained flat. Traders offered higher than the prices that prevailed on Saturday, to attract ... More

TEA


ITA for quality check of imports
THE Indian Tea Association (ITA) feels that there is a need to appoint inspection agencies at different ports to check the quality of imported teas. Mr Bharat Bajoria, Chairman of ITA, stated this at the 101st Annual General Meeting of Surma ... More

Tea industry wants Budget to focus on quality products
THE Budget could enact its bit to re-focus the Indian tea industry by forging measures that enable a transition to quality produce from merely encouraging higher production which has been the official motto till now. "As an industry, we need to ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


Trade seeks ban on Nepalese vanaspati
AS the Indo-Nepal Trade Treaty comes up for review once again after a three-month postponement late last year, the Indian vanaspati industry is waiting for the Government to come to its rescue. Given the huge negative impact of unchecked imports ... More

COFFEE


Coffee cartel closes shop
THE Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC), a cartel of 15 nations that produces 70 per cent of the global coffee, has ceased to operate. The winding up of ACPC's operations comes at a time when India is trying to draw the world's ... More

POULTRY


TN broilers set to chant frozen meat mantra -- Mull adopting Lankan marketing model
FINDING themselves amidst plenty, chicken producers in Tamil Nadu's broiler heartland here are planning to shift gears from live-bird production into processed chickens. The shift is intended to benefit the State's broiler producers in two ... More

OUTLOOK


Rabi prospects bright: CMIE
RABI prospects for 2001-2002 appear bright as the area under rabi crop during the 2001-2002 season is higher by 11 per cent at 54.7 million hectares, according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). ``Compared with the normal ... More
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