The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 15, 2003

SOPA offers soyabean seed testing facility
AS part of its ongoing effort to help farmers raise production and productivity of soyabean, the Indore-based Soyabean Processors Association of India (SOPA) has started to provide seed testing services for farmers. Expanded facilities at the ... More

Hike in Govt funding for PSU seed firms sought
This question has been lingering among some of the agricultural scientists in the country ever since the advent of MNCs into the country's seed industry. They are apprehensive that the big companies will eventually takeover domestic seed ... More

AQUACULTURE

In troubled waters
Fishing in progress in Ernakulam backwaters. Fishermen complain that water pollution has depleted fish resources in the area.

RUBBER

Rubber prices stay stagnant
RUBBER prices continued to stagnate for the third day on Tuesday with prices ruling steady. Arrivals were restricted in view of pressure on producters to hold on to stocks. Buyers are also abstaining from the market as part of their strategy ... More

TEA

To find a solution to TMCO issue — Tea buyers fight to be in focus
EVEN before tea trade comes to a complete halt over the Tea (Marketing) Order 2003, there appears to be a rat race among the innumerable buyers' associations to hog the limelight in resolving the impasse. Apparently it may seem that the buyers ... More

Buyers disrupt Kochi auctions
WITH the tea buyers firm on their resolve on not sourcing tea from auction or otherwise, the auction process was disrupted for the second consecutive week in Kochi on Tuesday. Buyers all over the country have decided to indefinitely boycott the ... More

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