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Saturday, February 22, 2003
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No takers for new wheat varieties from UAS Dharwar
UAS Dharwar, which had released new varieties of wheat suitable for cultivation in South India, is yet to make any commercial headway. Last year, the Karnataka Roller Flour Mills Association entered into a loose contract with farmers in Dharwar ... More

RUBBER


Rubber market turns active
THE rubber market slowly picked up on reports of buyers and sellers being active after stagnation over a fortnight when the price for RSS 4 settled at Rs 44 a kg without any remarkable change in the price movement. Prices having recovered from ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS


ICAR funding sought for GM banana
THE National Research Centre on Banana (NRCB) at Podhavur near Tiruchi has sought financial assistance from the Indian Council for Agricultural Research's (ICAR) to evolve a transgenic banana variety resistant to Black Sigatoka and Panama ... More

COTTON


Shortage of quality cotton worries mills
While traders say cotton output could be less than 145 lakh bales , the industry says it would not be less than the figures projected by the trade. More

TOBACCO


Report on deregulation of tobacco draws flak
OPPOSING the deregulation of tobacco cultivation, recommended by the one-man Prabhir Sen Guptha Committee, the Virginia tobacco growers in the State have urged the Union Government to reject the report in toto, "as it is highly detrimental to the ... More
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