The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 07, 2002

CRIDA ropes in pvt cos to make farm tools
THE Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) has entered into an agreement with three private companies for the manufacture of farm implements for use in rain fed areas. The three companies are Paro Engineers Private Ltd, ... More

Varsities moot separate fund for farm research
THE Indian Agricultural Universities Association (IAUA) has represented to the Union Government to earmark either one per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the States and the Centre or two per cent of the agricultural GDP exclusively ... More

FLORICULTURE

Garden City to host rose show
ROSE Society of Karnataka in collaboration with the State Horticulture Department is organising a three-day Karnataka Rose Show and Nursery Fair in Bangalore from December 13. Rose shows are an annual event in Bangalore and are normally ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Hill variety banana springs back to life
THE area under hill banana or Virupakshi has doubled in the last three years to 10,000 acres. Though this is just over one-fourth of the original estimated area of 36,000 acres under this banana variety, there has been a rapid expansion in area ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Tax slitters in the glitter trade
WHAT is gold? For the chemistry student, it is Au, a soft heavy yellow metal; for engineers, it is the most ductile and malleable metal, and corrosion-resistant; geologists explain how it is found in underground veins and alluvial deposits; for ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Mother Dairy to table butter, make it hot for Amul
AFTER `regular' liquid milk, ice-cream, dahi (yoghurt) and flavoured milk, Mother Dairy Foods Processing Ltd (MDFPL) is now all set to enter the table butter segment. The Rs 950-crore wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Dairy ... More

SILK

Karnataka to promote eri silk
THE Central Silk Board is planning to promote the eri silk, one of the four non-mulberry silks, in parts of Northern Karnataka. Traditionally eri silk is grown in the North Eastern States, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. ... More

CASHEW

Capex units to resume work next week
THE 10 cashew factories run by Kerala State Cashew Workers' Apex Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd (Capex) will resume functioning from next week onwards, according to the Capex Chairman, Prof G. Balachandran. Recent meetings of the central ... More

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