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CULTIVATION


AP farmers asked to drop third crop on water shortage
The meagre quantities of water available in the hydel reservoirs are required for emergency start operations. The overall hydro generation during the current year has slipped to just 3,300 million units (MUs) as against a projected aggregate revenue requirement figure of 6,999 MUs. More

Area under cocoa expanding outside Kerala
IF the current pace of development in cocoa cultivation in Karanataka is any indication, it is likely to overtake Kerala soon in area and production. Cocoa cultivation, confined to Kerala until few years back is now spreading in Karnataka, ... More

RUBBER


Rubber Board meet today
A tyre industry official said the meeting had been convened to "review the statistics" for the coming year (2003-04) in terms of parameters such as production targets. While the production of natural rubber during April-February 2003 is ... More

TAXATION


VAT may spell trouble for coffee, tea
THE introduction of the value-added tax (VAT) system in the next few days has the tea and coffee growers and consumers wear a worried look. "Though VAT system promises to revolutionise tax structures, coffee and tea, common man's beverages, ... More

TEA


Prices mixed at Kochi tea sale
A MIXED trend persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Though the dust sale witnessed a good general demand, it was comparatively low for leaf varieties. Of the quantity of 7,08,000 kg on offer in the dust ... More

PRECIOUS METALS


War-led volatility in gold
GOLD continued to be extremely volatile depending on the current sentiment towards military action in Iraq last week. Last Friday provided a fine example of this - with gold holding support above the key level of $ 330 an ounce as it had done all ... More

COTTON


NY cotton seen consolidating
NYCE cotton futures finished fractionally lower in listless deals due to very light sales by small speculators as the market consolidated further after surging to a two-year peak last week. Fibre demand will remain robust in the coming months, ... More
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