The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 29, 2002

Plea to increase sorghum output
SCIENTISTS at the annual group meeting of the All-India Coordinated Project for improvement of sorghum expressed the need for enhancing the productivity of sorghum so as to make the crop profitable for farmers. Inaugurating the meeting here on ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Mango pulp pricing -- Processors to hold meet this week
The All-India Food Processors' Association is exploring the possibility of arriving at a common purchase price for raw materials. More

`Declare Krishnagiri mango belt an export zone'
THE Dharmapuri District Fruit & Vegetable Processors' Federation has urged the Tamil Nadu Government to declare the mango cultivation and processing belt in Krishnagiri an agri export zone. The federation President, Mr G. Venkatasamy, told ... More

TEA

Tea prices up at Kochi sale
A GOOD general demand resulted in the spurting of prices of almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Of the quantity of 899,000 kg on offer in the dust category, CTC market opened by Rs 2-3 lower. But the drop was less as the sale ... More

INTERNET

A green venture
Preeti Ramanathan has a heavy-duty mission — to transform India from an agrarian to a knowledge society. Her means to this end, her pet project, Agventures. More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

Global meet on stem cells in Hyderabad
WITH the existence of over 60 biotechnology research units, Hyderabad is fast emerging as a biocity, according to Dr B. S. Bajaj, Chairman of All India Biotech Association (AIBA), Southern Chapter. Dr Bajaj said that there were more than 35 ... More

Bt cotton: Of cat and pigeons
WHAT happens when you let a cat into a pigeon cage? The pigeons close their eyes thinking that since they cannot see, the cat also cannot see them. What happens thereafter is a foregone conclusion. This is exactly what the Genetic Engineering ... More

COTTON

New York cotton futures may move upwards
COTTON futures on the New York Cotton Exchange settled markedly lower on Friday, as news that US legislators had reached a framework agreement on what appears to be a bearish six-year farm bill locked the market into a tailspin. The farm bill ... More

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`Declare Krishnagiri mango belt an export zone'

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No separate supervisor for urban co-op banks

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Cut in savings bank rates expected

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Looking back
Apr. 21-Apr. 27
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Six lakh t onions released for export

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Coffee loans to be fully rescheduled -- Consolidated special term loan proposed

Seafood exporters to focus on US

Calcutta HC stays Jute Packaging Order