The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 28, 2003

Palm cultivation: Bid to `retrieve lost opportunity'
MALAYSIANS better water out. The Indian Government seems pretty serious about promoting oil palm cultivation to reduce its dependence on import of edible oils. The 2002-03 Economic Survey has, in fact, carries a whole section titled `Oil palm: ... More

ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK

CCMB, NDDB to map buffalo genome
IN the largest genome initiative of any animal or plant species in India, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) here with funding from the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) will identify useful genes in the Indian buffalo, ... More

CULTIVATION

Curbs on sandalwood cultivation to go
The removal of Government controls is confined to plantation of the trees. The grower has to go through the Government for marketing the sandalwood. More

PLANTATIONS

To Pak with love
Betel leaves being loaded in the Delhi-bound Grand Trunk Express at the Chennai Central station. From Delhi, the leaves are sent to Pakistan where they are in big demand. Betel leaves are mainly exported from Kerala. ... More

RUBBER

Rains rein in rubber prices
Moderate rains in many parts of the rubber growing regions for the past few days have improved the prospect of crop generation within rubber trees as rains have abated the scorching heat. This has been reflected in the better inflow of rubber to ... More

EDUCATION

Virtual varsity on semi-arid tropics
THE International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), here and the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai, have initiated the process for establishing a virtual university for semi-arid tropics. A roundtable ... More

COIR

Chamber plea to exempt coir sector from VAT
THE Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry has made a representation to the State Finance Minister to reconsider the decision to incorporate coir and coir products under Item 22, Schedule III of the Kerala Value Added Sales Tax Bill, ... More

POULTRY

`Save poultry panel' seeks maize duty waiver — NECC ropes in solvent extractors and starch makers
WORRIED over the sliding maize output this year, the domestic poultry and livestock feed producers along with the starch manufacturers have mounted pressure on the Centre to secure duty-free import of maize to ward off any raw material ... More

Bengal poultry sector seeks farm status
THE poultry industry in West Bengal has urged the State Government to treat it as being a part of the agriculture sector, a status enjoyed by the sector in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Besides increased access to funds, grant of agriculture ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Pepper slips on selling pressure
Spot prices of ungarbled and MG 1 were Rs 7,700 and Rs 8,100 respectively per quintal on Thursday as against Rs 7,900 and Rs 8,300 on last Saturday. The futures prices were March Rs 8,075 as against Rs 8,400 on February 24. April Rs 8,415 (Rs ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

MSP freeze the only option
IT is clear now that the Centre has no immediate plans to dispense with the existing minimum support price (MSP)-based open-ended system of foodgrain procurement by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State Government agencies. Instead, what ... More

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