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Space scientists forecast kharif rice output at 66 mt
THE overall rice production in the country, affected in large areas by drought, during the current kharif season is forecast to be of the order of 66 million tonnes, a near 15 per cent decline in comparison to last year. This forecast, emerges ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES


  • Pact to market horticultural products

    RUBBER


    Rubber at new peak
    rubberRUBBER prices scaled new heights to touch Rs 39 excelling the international price of RSS-4 grade that is around Rs 38.80. Arrivals were rather sparse amidst reports that production might be worse in the days to come. The usual quantum to ... More

    SUGAR


    UP mulls sugar export subsidy
    There are indications that even the Governments in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are planning to provide similar subsidy on exports, albeit in a direct form. More

    TEA


    Plea for change in tea export credit
    THE Tea Association of India (TAI) has requested the Reserve Bank of India to link the pre and post-shipment credit rates with the declining rates of bank interest. Mr Suresh Bansal, Senior Vice-President of the association, in a recent ... More

    COTTON


    Yarn price hike seen inevitable
    THE spiralling raw cotton price in recent weeks has cast financial burden on spinning units and it will inevitably result in the cotton yarn prices too going up, the South India Small Spinners Association (Sisspa) has said. Contrary to the ... More

    CASHEW


  • Pact on reopening cashew factories

    POULTRY


    NECC asks farmers to cut output
    THE National Egg Co-ordination Committee (NECC) has resolved to request the poultry farmers all over the country to cut down egg production by at least 20 per cent for the ensuing lean period from February to April, 2003. NECC wants to cut egg ... More

    SPICES & CONDIMENTS


    Coffee planters shifting to vanilla, cardamom
    THE coffee farmers in the southern States, especially Karnataka, are slowly moving away from the traditional coffee cultivation to vanilla and cardamom. The un-remunerative prices prevailing in recent years have compelled them to opt for ... More
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