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Tuesday, May 20, 2003
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Rubber prices decline as tyre firms keep off
RUBBER market declined mainly on account of the tyre sector's disinterest in buying. All the grades except latex concentrate made losses. Some of the traders' efforts in profit booking also wore down the market. The international market was ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS


3 Indians among top 12 agri biotech pioneers
THREE Indians have been named among the top 12 pioneers in the rapidly expanding field of agricultural biotechnology. Among the pioneers are two Nobel laureates, including Dr Norman Borlaug. According to the Washington-based Council for ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


Castor oil meet to focus on dipping usage
INDIA has been a world leader in production of castor seed for long and meets a substantial part of global requirement of castor oil. Export of castor oil, seed and derivative products contributes around Rs 700 crore worth foreign exchange. ... More

COCONUT & COPRA


Can coconut drive SARS to nuts?
WITH conventional attempts at controlling the spread of the SARS virus having come to a naught, at least in interior China from where deaths due to the flu-like affliction are still being reported, efforts are now on to tap Mother Nature for ... More

TOBACCO


Tobacco growers threaten stir in AP
TOBACCO growers in Andhra Pradesh are on a war path. They say they will be left with no option but to intensify their agitation, if the Union Commerce Ministry does not take a decision within a week on market intervention by the Tobacco ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS


Pepper trade moves Govt to curb imports — `Rising Lankan consignments due to Exim Policy anomaly'
PIQUED over anomalies in the Exim Policy, pepper traders have urged the Centre to remove these as they are allegedly being exploited by a certain section of the trade. They claim traders, in general, had objections in the anomalies and the ... More
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