The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, June 13, 2002

Tool to help improve fish harvesting
USING remote sensing, the Coimbatore-based Sapience Softwares has developed a fish-forecasting model aimed at tackling problems related to fish stock assessment. Although Sapience has taken the lead in this part of the country in developing ... More

Aqua tech park for Bangalore
A 20-acre aqua tech park is being set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) which abuts the Hebbal Lake in Bangalore. It will also be a popular recreation centre, Dr C. Vasudevappa, Head of the Department of Research ... More

Kerala: Order on return of boats to yard

RUBBER

Low arrivals keep rubber steady
THE rubber market remained unchanged without ups and downs as the prices ruled steady. The arrivals of sheet rubber were deplorably poor, as the wide spread showers prevented early morning tapping in rubber plantations. This made the ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

`Food law can be based on other country models'
EVEN as the Group of Ministers (GoM), under the chairmanship of the Commerce Minister, works at putting in place an integrated food law - the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) feels that India could do well to echo ... More

COTTON

Super Spinning offers premium to `Sara' growers
SUPER Spinning Mills Ltd (SSML) of Coimbatore, which is making a serious bid to enter contract cotton cultivation this season, has offered to buy raw cotton from growers coming under the company-backed cultivation programme at a premium ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Edible oil imports up in May
EDIBLE oil imports in May showed a significant improvement over previous months. A quick estimate prepared by Oilmandi.com, an industry portal, showed arrivals during the month totalled 4.7 lakh tonnes, up one lakh tonnes from the ... More

POULTRY

`Beware of Lankan chicken sausages'
VENKATESHWARA Hatcheries group Chairperson, Ms Anuradha Desai, ko gussa kyon aata hai? Kyon ki she is very perturbed over the seemingly underhand manner in which certain developed countries are allegedly dumping processed chicken into the ... More

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