The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 12, 2003

TNAU plans to double seed output area
An area of 400-500 hectares had been set aside in the research stations at Madurai and Bhavanisagar for seed production. More

FERTILISERS

`Supply outstrips demand for biofertilisers'
DESPITE being the top producer, the demand supply gap in biofertiliser production in the country is widening. While the potential demand is said to be of the order of 3.4 lakh tonnes, the country's annual production has reached only 13,000 ... More

RUBBER

Rubber moves in narrow range
rubberRUBBER prices continued to fluctuate in a narrow band in line with the market sentiments with no indications of any immediate improvement in prices. The sellers did not appear again to dispose of the stocks with them, as the price ... More

TEA

Upasi readying tea futures draft
THE United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) is likely to take a giant stride this month in launching tea futures when it finalises its draft bylaws and business plan. Upasi is also in the process of identifying an institutional ... More

Just download a hot cuppa
It's convergence of IT and tea. What's brewing is an initiative to take tea auction into the electronic mode. Now that's everybody's cup of tea. More

Tea auctions disrupted again at Kolkata
TEA trade in the Calcutta Auction Centre has been disrupted once again and in all probability the current sale will be cancelled as there is hardly much time left in the current week to finish the formalities that would ``complete'' the sale ... More

WTO

India to stay firm on farm issues at Tokyo WTO meet
INDIA will not allow any dilution of its stand on the issue of market access on agriculture at the forthcoming WTO mini-ministerial in Tokyo, the Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, has said. "We will take a firm stand, especially ... More

`Farm trade security vital for Kerala'
`Concurrent attention paid to achieving production efficiency, higher factory productivity, improved post-harvest technology, value addition and agro-processing would help raise profitability.' More

TRENDS

Decline in farm sector higher than CSO estimates
THE Central Statistical Organisation's (CSO) expectation of a 3.1 per cent decline in agricultural GDP this year comes as a disappointing news, more so when the same data points towards an unambiguous industrial revival and sustained services ... More

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