Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, April 09, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES AGRICULTURE AQUACULTURE 
Fishermen rue scarcity of mud bank formationsScientists are still grappling with the origins and existence of mud bank formation, let alone investigate the reasons why chakara has become so elusive and fleeting a phenomenon along the coast of Kerala. More HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES Karnataka: `Prolonged rains' hit mango yield BANGALORE: Mango yield in the State has hit a low of 50,000 tonnes — compared to the bumper crop of 10 lakh tonnes last year. The reduction in yield is such that the State will harvest only five per cent of its yield in the ... More PESTICIDES 
Bt cotton may leave pesticide manufacturers in a quandaryA MAJOR shake out is likely in the pesticides and seeds industries in the long run following the introduction of transgenic crops, particularly Bt cotton hybrids that have been recently approved for commercial cultivation in the ... More RUBBER Rubber exports touch 7000 t ABOUT 7,000 tonnes of rubber has been exported by various agencies, including Rubco and Infam till March 31 this year, according to the Rubber Board Chairman, Mr S.M. Desalphine. More exports were in the pipeline with Rubbermark signing an ... More
Rubber firms up further TECHNOLOGY SMC initiative to improve AP post-harvest management FARMERS in Andhra Pradesh have done quite well in increasing the production of commercial crops such as chillies, mangoes, fruits and vegetables, which also have export potential. The State Government, having realised the export potential, has ... More FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING Agro Tech to launch frozen french fries AGRO Tech Foods Ltd (AFTL), a subsidiary of global food major ConAgra, will be shortly introducing frozen french fries into the market. The AFTL President, Mr Utpal Sen Gupta, told Business Line that the new product would be initially ... More FOODGRAINS 
Move to decentralise food procurement -- Third revolution on farm front?THAT the NDA Government often suffers from a two-steps-forward-one-step-backward dysfunction for all its pro-reform credentials is, by now, awkwardly clear. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain how, against the express recommendations of the ... More
EU's new food safety law raises eyebrows COTTON Bt cotton: Bane or boon? ONCE again, New Delhi has demonstrated where its real concerns are inasmuch as agriculture is concerned — with the 2-3 per cent corporate farming and not the 60 per cent plus marginal and subsistence farms. First, it was the case of ... More
Global cotton supply to be lower next season COCONUT & COPRA Marketfed for coconut procurement THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chairman of Kerala State Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd (Marketfed), Mr Jose Kuttiyani, has urged the State Government to take steps for procurement of coconuts. Speaking to newspersons, Mr Kuttiani said ... More COFFEE ICO to take lead in solving coffee crisis THE International Coffee Organisation (ICO) has initiated a global programme for coffee quality-improvement and will be shortly raising specific proposals in the areas of diversification, coordination of production policies and promotion of ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Mar. 31-Apr. 6 Butter oil from New Zealand seized for `under-invoicing' N. Indian farmers to miss Bt cotton bus Wheat MSP raised by Rs 10 per quintal Farm Ministry cannot ban GM soya oil, says US Foodgrains output may touch 210 mt TN decision on noon meal scheme smashes egg prices |
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