The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 03, 2002

AP shifts focus from shrimp to scampi production
The Andhra Pradesh Fisheries Department has identified Visakhapatnam district as the potential place for launching its programme for the supply of scampi seeds to farmers. More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Mango show in Chittoor

TEA

Pep-up package soon for tea
THE Union Government proposes a package of measures to bolster the declining tea prices at major auction centres, following a recent consultative meeting that the Commerce Secretary, Mr Dipak Chatterjee, held with representatives and producers of ... More

Workers take over tea estate
WORKERS of a plantation company have occupied 450 acres of land of their employer and started cultivation for their sustenance. The workers, who went without wages for over two years, ever since the management downed the shutters of the ... More

TECHNOLOGY

Deccan village cradles agri revolution
DDS has demonstrated on a day-to-day basis that high-technology capital-intensive farming is unnecessary and inappropriate for hundred of millions of the poorest people. More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Nandini gears to take on rivals
"Private companies are not only using KMF agents for distribution but are also paying them higher commissions. Private players, who did not have to invest in building up the infrastructure the way KMF did, can afford to pay higher." More

COTTON

Eight farmer groups sign up for TN integrated contract cotton scheme
THE State's first contract cotton farming or the integrated cotton cultivation mooted by the Pollachi-based ginning company, Appachi Cotton Company (ACC), was kickstarted on Sunday. Farmers representing about eight farmer self-help groups from ... More

Cotton futures may go up
Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange on Friday settled at its highest level since April 10 on what was mostly viewed as end-of-the-month fund short covering and weather concerns. The recent strength in the market can be attributed to ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Hike likely in palm oil tariff
THE Government is likely to revise the base import price of the palm group of oils following a steep rise in its rates during the last couple of weeks. "A hike in the tariff is likely by June 5 as the prices have sky-rocketed since the tariff ... More

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