The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 08, 2002

Tea Board reconstituted
THE Union Government has reconstituted the Tea Board for a three-year period beginning from April 1 by making it broad-based and including representatives of every major region that grows tea in the country. The 31-member board will have a ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

Lowly groundnut candy rules supreme
WHEN it comes to confectioneries, milk chocolates and hardboiled sweets or any one of the other chewies may catch the eye with hype and hardsell. But the low profile, much-in-demand groundnut candy takes the cake for staying power. In sheer ... More

FOODGRAINS

Rice genome data open new vistas for cereal mapping
SIMULTANEOUS publication of genome sequencing of the world's two most important rice subspecies has generated tremendous enthusiasm among scientists who closely follow developments in the area of agricultural biotechnology. Syngenta, the Swiss ... More

Duty-free import of maize unwarranted
THE poultry sector in South India is unhappy because the Government is continuing with restrictions such as tariff rate quota (TRQ) on import of maize (corn) even as the latest Exim policy has freed export of the commodity by removing ... More

COTTON

Cotton prices to head higher
Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange settled fractionally higher on Friday, after spending most of the session in negative territory and within a very narrow range. Sell-stops below the recent low of 37.60 cents and 37.50 cents ... More

Bt cotton hybrid seeds supply

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Imported soya oil safe, says US body
THE American Soyabean Association (ASA) has refuted claims about imported soyabean oil derived from genetically modified (GM) soyabean being unsafe for human consumption. ``More than 250 million Americans have been eating soya oil from GM beans ... More

Palm oil futures may move down
Crude palm oil futures on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed higher on Friday, on short covering ahead of the weekend. Bullish export and stock figures issued by a private forecaster on early Friday did not have much of an influence on ... More

`Rising domestic soyameal offtake encouraging'
THE American Soyabean Association (ASA) is satisfied over the increased consumption of domestically produced soyameal within the country. ``For a country, which has a large chunk of its population that is deficient in proteins and has to ... More

Oilmeal exports up
THANKS to increased oilseeds output and higher processing activity, extractions (oilmeals) have been able to break the jinx of falling exports during fiscal 2001-02. Reversing the negative trend of last four years, oilmeal shipments expanded by ... More

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