The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 13, 2002

Traders welcome move to monitor rubber exports
THE Cochin Rubber Merchants Association has welcomed the Government's decision to monitor the transactions regarding export of rubber to prevent any misuse of subsidies. The Association President, Mr N. Radhakrishnan, in a release issued here, ... More

Rubber down on slack trading
RUBBER market declined in sluggish trading. Excepting for latex 60 per cent all grades of dry rubber had a price fall. Major traders were not buying as they were unable to send rubber consignments to purchasers owing to non-receipt of tax payment ... More

TEA

Tea exports: Govt okays refund plan
THE Government has approved a scheme providing for part compensation of the cost of exporting tea bags, tea packets, orthodox bulk and teas directly exported by bought leaf factories. The scheme, which would be extended to the whole of the ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

GM groundnut from Icrisat likely soon
THE International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) here is currently working on a transgenic groundnut crop that is resistant to peanut clump virus, which is stated to be widely prevalent in the groundnut crop in ... More

Farmers for greater say on GM crops
STRENGTHENING marketing infrastructure for agricultural produce and leaving ground-level decisions, including use of genetically modified crops, to the farmers were among the issues strongly stressed at the Agri Conclave 2002, which concluded on ... More

FOODGRAINS

Rice exports gain pace -- Indonesia to buy one million tonnes
INDONESIA has begun to buy rice (non-basmati) from India, giving further boost to the already buoyant export of the foodgrain. Iran, too, has started purchasing in small quantities from the country. "Indonesia is buying in a big way from India. ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Oilmeal exports up

CASHEW

Steady outlook for cashew
WITH supplies of raw cashew and demand for kernels fairly evenly poised, prospects of volatility— run away boom or sharp decline — in the global cashew market are rated low for the current year. Prices are expected to be steady, ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Vanilla boom
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MARKETING

Karnataka move to modernise agricultural marketing yards
KARNATAKA has taken the first step to modernise its agricultural produce marketing yards to meet the challenges of globalisation. The State Department of Agriculture and the Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board has roped in the ... More

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