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Plea to improve tea quality for better prices
THE Kochi Tea Buyers' Association has emphasised the need for improving the quality of south Indian teas so as to reduce the gap between the price realisation of the northern and the southern teas. Addressing the 29th annual general meeting of ... More

WATER MANAGEMENT


`AP must press for bigger share of Krishna water'
THE Andhra Pradesh Government should explore all possible avenues of getting Krishna waters released by the upper riparian States of Karnataka and Maharashtra to save the crops under the Nagarjunasagar dam command area and in the Krishna delta, ... More

LEATHER


Demand continues for leather — Goat skin prices spurt
EXCEPT for nappa leather from sheep skins, more or less demand continued for all kinds of leather in general. Export of leather and leather products also, compared to last couple of months, have picked up, marginally. But the sudden spurt in the ... More

FOODGRAINS


New basmati varieties hold promise for exporters
RICE exporters have responded positively to the new high-yielding basmati quality varieties — Pusa Sugandh 2 and Pusa Sugandh 3 — developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). ``The grains from the new varieties ... More

Wheat meet from today
A TWO-DAY seminar on `Wheat and wheat products: Global perspectives', is being organised here from Friday to chalk out strategies for policy formulation in different sectors of the wheat chain for its future development. The seminar is being ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


US body for boosting domestic soya consumption
THE American Soyabean Association (ASA) has called for boosting domestic consumption levels of soyabean products, instead of focussing exclusively on export of the protein-rich soyameal extractions. ``For a country, which has a large chunk of ... More

CASHEW


Cashew body to hold fairs to raise offtake
AS part of an attempt to expand market, the Mangalore Cashew Manufacturers' Association (MCMA) will be organising a `Cashew Fest' jointly with the Department of Business Administration of Mangalore University here from September 28. This is the ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY


TN Farmers for safety net, pragmatic pricing — `Politicians blocking PDS reforms'
FARMERS and millers feel that it is the politicians more than anybodyelse who are a major stumbling block for the Government's attempts at revamping the public distribution system.And they are the most hit by the Tamil Nadu Government's decision ... More

Cabinet panel okays MSP for kharif crops — First FDI in realty gets nod
THE Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the minimum support prices for kharif crops for the 2002-03 season. It also approved the first foreign direct investment proposal in the real estate business. The MSPs of paddy, kharif ... More

IPR


Patent laws plague Pusa naming
THE new Pusa Sugandh 2 and 3 and RH-10 high yielding aromatic rice strains bred by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) will not be marketed internationally as `basmati' rice. ``Although the grains from the new varieties possess ... More

EVENTS


AgriFare 2002 to focus on Gujarat
AGRIFARE 2002, the second international convention and exhibition on agro and food processing technology, will be held in Ahmedabad from November 21. According to the Chairman, AgriFare 2002, Mr Piruz Khambatta, the exhibition will focus on ... More

TRENDS


Kharif setback: A reminder to revise crop strategy
WITH the 2002 Southwest monsoon having entered the withdrawal phase, the trail of devastation poor temporal and spatial distribution has left in several parts of the country is becoming increasingly stark. The all-India area weighted rainfall ... More
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