The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 05, 2002

Lab proofs must for shrimps from Oct 17
The Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) has formally announced its decision to purchase raw material from October 17, 2002 only if an antibiotic free certificate accompanies it. According to Mr Elias Sait, President, Seafood Exporters ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Mango, litchi research centre in Bengal soon
THE West Bengal Government has allocated around 57 acres to the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Malda district to set up the regional research centre for sub-tropical fruits. Mr Sailen Sarkar, the State Minister for the ... More

TN guava growers in a jam
FRUIT growers in the Southern part of the Indian peninsula have started felling guava trees as the crop is no longer considered a remunerative one. A majority of the growers are understood to have switched over to sapota ... More

RUBBER

Rubber slips on poor inflow
KOTTAYAM: Rubber prices declined on Friday despite reports of meagre inflow into the market. There are reports of isolated rains in almost all parts of the State including plantation areas and the weather change is likely to send ... More

TEA

Aug tea exports up; output down
TEA exports during August picked after a long lull by six per cent though there was little improvement in the production front. August tea exports was higher at 21.99 million kg (mkg) from 20.76 mkg during the same period last year, while the ... More

WATER MANAGEMENT

No long-term plan on irrigation needs — Farmers accuse AP Govt of wrong priorities
THE Federation of Andhra Pradesh Farmers' Associations has urged the State Government to link up Godavari and Krishna rivers and to take up the Pulichintala balancing reservoir on the Krishna to protect agriculture in the State, as there is ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Project to unravel buffalo genome
SCIENTISTS in the country will soon take up an ambitious project of unravelling the genome of the Indian buffalo. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) will fund the multi-institutional initiative, according to its Secretary, Dr Manju ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Squeezed soya oil importers plan re-export
SOYABEAN oil importers have turned desperate and are exploring all options to get out of the awkward situation they find themselves in. They have imported the goods, but not cleared for home consumption. The goods are in bonded warehouses. As ... More

Godrej Foods shifts focus to soya from sunflower oil
GODREJ Foods, a division of the Rs 530-crore Godrej Industries Ltd, is set to put its might behind its latest offering, Godrej refined soyabean oil, even as it shifts its focus from refined sunflower oil to soyabean oil. Mr M.Y. Varma, ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

No change in tariff rate quota for oils, maize
THE Government on Friday came out with an unchanged tariff rate quota (TRQ) for importing crude sunflower seed or safflower oil, refined rape, colze or mustard oil, maize and milk powder. In a public notice, it has given time till October 17 ... More

WTO

Mazdoor, kisan bodies oppose WTO regime
A CONSORTIUM of organisations supporting the Swadeshi concept has criticised the Centre's policy of allowing multinationals into virtually every sector and being indifferent to the woes of the agriculture and small-scale sectors under the World ... More

TRENDS

2002 termed all-India drought year
THE India Meteorological Department (IMD) has officially acknowledged that the current year has been "the first-ever all-India drought year'' since 1987, while noting that the behaviour of the 2002 monsoon was "intriguing". In its ... More

AP farmers told to switch over to alternative crops
Faced with one of the worst drought situations in recent years, the State Agriculture Department has prepared a contingency plan to minimise the adverse impact. With the major crops like rice, groundnut having been affected, it has decided to ... More

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