AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CULTIVATION
Sustained pace in rabi sowing
Sowing of rabi crops continues with sustained momentum with the area under wheat, pulses and oilseeds rising as compared to last year. An Agriculture Ministry note said an active western disturbance in the climate during the third week of ...
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PESTS
Integrated pest management in Theni
THE Department of Agriculture has set up eight integrated pest management demonstration fields in Theni district to educate farmers on natural pest control measures and bring down the use of pesticides. The inter-cropping technique, for one, ...
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AQUACULTURE
Dumping suit against Indian shrimp export to US — China, Thailand & Vietnam also face problems
A COALITION of US shrimp farmers has filed a trade complaint seeking to curb $2.4 billion of annual shrimp imports from India, Thailand, China, Brazil, Vietnam, and Ecuador. The SSA, which represents the interests of eight shrimp producing US ...
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INSIGHT
Statutory minimum price: Bitter news for sugar industry
THE Vajpayee Government has again yielded to populist pressure at the cost of an industry which tried its best to reason otherwise with the administration. But the sugar industry stands isolated in the face of combined ...
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PLANTATIONS
Kerala planters angered by `unilateral' order on DA to workers
THE Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) has clarified that it could not accept the "unilateral" decision taken by the Plantation Labour Committee (PLC) on payment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to rubber and cardamom workers. The Chairman of ...
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Tough life
Workers trek through a tea garden in Munnar. Transportation facilities in the high range areas of the State remain abysmal even today.
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