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    AGRICULTURE


    AP Govt to take up mesta price issue with Textile Ministry
    FOLLOWING problems of marketing of mesta in parts of the State, particularly in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts, the Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Department plans to take up the matter with the Ministry of Textiles, Government of ... More

    AQUACULTURE


    Paddy-fish rotational farming plan on cards
    A PROGRAMME for introducing rotational farming between paddy and fish in paddy fields in Kottayam and Alappuzha districts is to be launched shortly by the State Fisheries Department, according to Prof K.V. Thomas, the Minister for Fisheries and ... More

    HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES


    Excise relief sought for neem-based products
    A BUSINESS opportunity with a Rs 3,000-4,000-crore potential, of which just about Rs 50-70 crore has been tapped! This is the situation of the neem-based products industry in the country Lack of awareness and policy initiatives are to be ... More

    PLANTATIONS


    Upasi seeks fiscal sops
    THE United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) has sought structural and fiscal relief since all major plantation crops — tea, coffee and natural rubber — are ``simultaneously and continuously facing a distress ... More

    RUBBER


    More co-ops begin exporting rubber
    MORE and more rubber co-operatives are joining entrenched players in the export field as advance orders pour in from overseas buyers and surplus stocks available in the domestic market get depleted. A spokesman of the Rubber Board said natural ... More

    Rubber dull on poor buying
    RUBBER prices continued to rule flat on poor response from buyers. Dull trading continued on Friday also with moderate arrivals in the market. Traders who were enthusiastic in covering purchases earlier did not show any interest in fresh buying ... More

    TEA


    Price stabilisation plan for tea small sector
    THE Centre will soon announce a price stabilisation scheme for the tea small-scale sector. "The Government is working on a 68:32 ratio to divide the price fetched at the auctions on the Sri Lankan model which would ensure that 68 per cent of ... More

    COTTON


    `Seal of Cotton' comes calling at Indian shores
    AFTER the Woolmark brandname to sensitise quality wool consumption in the country, now it is the turn of cotton to capture brand image among discerning consumers with the adoption of `Seal of Cotton' trademark by leading domestic textile ... More

    COIR


    Coir Board to aid Pollachi facilities
    DESPITE being identified a coir town, the development of the coir industry in Pollachi had not progressed beyond fibre extraction, manufacture of curled rope and yarn until now. Industry sources are confident that Pollachi would get a face-lift ... More

    TOBACCO


    New pest-resistant tobacco variety
    THE Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) in Rajahmundry has released a new white burley tobacco variety — named Swetha. The CTRI Director, Dr Kapil Deo Singh, told reporters that white burley tobacco, grown in the agency (tribal) ... More

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