The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 17, 2003

Area under contract cotton seen rising
THE integrated cotton development or the contract cotton farming as a concept is catching up and the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC), promoting the contract cotton cultivation, hopes that more acreage would come under contract cultivation two ... More

AQUACULTURE

Training for women in shrimp farming urged
A FIVE-DAY training programme on eco-friendly sustainable shrimp farming organised by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has suggested that similar training programmes be organised exclusively for women under the ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Grapes aplenty
A fruit vendor arranging grapes at his retail shop in Chennai. With the season just beginning, about 20-30 loads of trucks arrive at the Koyambedu wholesale market daily from Maharashtra, Karnataka and other States. A 4-kg box of seedless black ... More

POWER

APTransco firms up plans to meet agri demand
The hydel-thermal mix has now gone down drastically forcing APTransco to buy costly thermal power to compensate shortfall of the low cost hydel generation. More

TEA

Tea workers' plight drawing international attention
THE unprecedented livelihood crisis facing tea workers in the country is making international news with trade unions around the world, taking cognisance of the plantation workers' sufferings. Representatives of the International Union of Food ... More

Good demand for leaf teas at Kochi sale
A MIXED trend witnessed for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Though the leaf sale witnessed a good general demand, it was comparatively low for dust category. The dust sale witnessed only a fair general demand and the ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Gold testing support at around $350/oz
GOLD prices fell sharply last week. After ending the previous week at above $370 an ounce, the market was volatile most of last week primarily on the basis of war-related reports. Fund long liquidation ensured that prices fell to $360/oz on ... More

FOODGRAINS

Grain exports grinding to a halt
FOODGRAIN exports have almost ground to a halt on shifting Government policies, rise in stocks sold by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and non-availability of railway wagons. According to exporters, neither are global buyers ready to rely ... More

COTTON

Cotton to test support levels
NYCE cotton futures closed steady on Friday with speculators and trade squaring off their positions ahead of a holiday weekend. The market remains closed on Monday on account of President's day. The threat of a looming war between the US ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Oilseeds output pegged lower
THE country's oilseed production during 2002-03 has been estimated at 15.44 million tonnes, down by 25 per cent over the previous season, according to the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA). This is the lowest since the ... More

CASHEW

Cashew exports cross one lakh tonne in 2002
The country exported 1,01,078 tonnes of cashew and 7,516 tonnes of cashewnut shell liquid at an aggregate value of Rs. 1,898 crore for the period from January-December 2002. Exports are up from 90,141 tonnes valued at Rs. 1,796.51 crore for the ... More

POULTRY

Poultry panel to explore duty-free corn imports
A COMMITTEE, comprising representatives of poultry, starch manufacturers and solvent extractors, has been formed to look into the possibility of import of corn and oilseeds at zero per cent duty for a period of the next six months, according to a ... More

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