The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 06, 2002

Rubber regains
Meanwhile, reports confirmed that the country has enough stock of rubber for the present. The rubber stock held by various agencies would come to 1,67,000 tonnes according to the committee which met at Rubber Board to review the stock position ... More

TEA

100% FDI in tea plantation notified
THE GOVERNMENT on Friday notified its recent decision to grant 100 per cent foreign investment in tea plantation as part of the ongoing liberalization of the FDI (foreign direct investment) regime. A notification issued by the Department of ... More

Duncans shops to retail green teas
DUNCANS Industries has decided to retail green teas from its outlets called Duncans Tea House. The product will be called Duncans Green and it will be priced in the range of Rs 300 per kg. This was announced by Mr J.K. Majumdar, Senior ... More

In hot water
A partly closed tea factory in Munnar in Kerala's Idukki district. Low prices have forced partial or full closure of tea estates in the State, leaving a large number of plantation workers in dire ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

Mahyco-Monsanto sells entire Bt cottonseed stock
MAHYCO-MONSANTO Biotech Ltd has completed the sale of the entire stock of 1.05 lakh packets of Bt (Bacillus Thuringiensis) cottonseed that it had produced for distribution during the current year. The packets, each containing 450 gram of Bt ... More

FOODGRAINS

Basmati base prices hiked
THE Government has raised the price advisory for basmati rice exports by $25-30 a tonne. According to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products' Export Development Authority (Apeda), the price for brown basmati has been raised to $545 a ... More

IRRI calls for public-private partnership
The best response from IRRI and its public sector partners is to augment their own research by bending private-sector achievements to the advantage of poor rice farmers and consumers. More

WOOL

Genetic conservation of Nilgiri sheep on
THE dwindling numbers of `Nilgiri' breed sheep, the fine-wool yielding animal in the hilly Nilgiris district, has prodded the State Animal Husbandry Department to take to genetic conservation to save the species from extinction. "We plan to ... More

COFFEE

Record Brazilian crop impacts global coffee
RELATIVELY stable world demand, gradually declining world output last two years, falling stocks in exporting countries and a sharp decline in value of exports despite slight increase in volume characterise the world coffee market at present. ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Poor rainfall may hit cardamom crop
INADEQUATE rain fall in major cardamom growing areas in Kerala's Idukki district is likely to impact the crop this season. According to growers in various parts of the district where cardamom is grown, the rainfall so far has been less by more ... More

EVENTS

World Food Summit 2002 — The hungry will have to wait
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much for you, apply the following test: Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Data on farm goods trade a cause for concern
The provisional disaggregated data of export and import for 2001-02, particularly relating to agricultural and related commodities, make interesting reading. These data should set the policy makers in New Delhi thinking. They should spur the Centre a nd State Governments to make Indian goods globally competitive. More

TRENDS

Deficient rain hits sowing in Karnataka
BANGALORE: Deficient rainfall in several parts of the State is likely to affect sowing operations for kharif season. However, the situation was not alarming and hopes for recovery was seen if the State receives good spells of by July 15 ... More

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Looking back
Jun. 23-Jun. 29
Govt sees hope in rising rubber prices

Another rice barter deal with Manila

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Sugar rises on monthly quota restoration

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Poultry farmers not upbeat on Govt wheat offer

EU moves WTO to protect basmati, Darjeeling tea

Grains output seen at 211.3 mt — Record rice production; cotton, oilseeds, cereals recover