AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
Apeda to cash in on mad cow disease fallout
THE Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda), along with the meat industry, plans to take advantage of the current situation in the global meat market, a top Apeda official has said. This includes the ...
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INSIGHT
The perils of private food export
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Farm fresh fruits
A cartload of pineapple being wheeled around in Hyderabad on Saturday. Available at Rs 10 a fruit, the highly aromatic and thorny fruit is sliced and sold to the retail customer. The vendors, hailing from nearby Ranga Reddy district, come in ...
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RUBBER
Rubber Park poised to get more tenants
THE Rubber Park India Ltd, a joint venture between the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) and the Rubber Board, will soon "buzz with activity" with several new units scheduled to start operations in the near future. ...
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Rubber may continue to move north
THE rubber market opened on steady note on Monday as a continuation of the previous week. The rates remained frozen owing to between Christmas and New Year. But selling from certain traders and growers put pressure on the sheet rubber price on ...
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TEA
Outstation buyers shun TN teas on ST anomaly
OUTSTATION buying in Tamil Nadu has been impacted adversely more by the sales tax anomaly in the State than the auction directive on proxy buying issued by the Tea Board, highly placed tea industry sources said. ``In a scenario where the Tamil ...
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Tea futures to commence in Coimbatore by Feb-end
THE Upasi Commodity Exchange Ltd is to commence futures trading in tea by February-end and the formalities to this effect are being completed. The exchange would function in Coimbatore because of the presence of administrative and other ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton futures may head lower
NYCE cotton futures finished firmer on Wednesday, on steady speculative buying lifting the prices higher going into the next year on a strong note. The prospect of further buying by China, the world's leading importer of cotton, and a strong ...
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COTTON
Cotton cultivation picking up in Ramanathapuram dist
MADURAI: More paddy farmers are turning into cotton growers in the Ramanathapuram district, near here. According to the District Collector, Mr S.Vijayakumar, while paddy cultivation has never been a viable proposition in the district, ...
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EVENTS
Kisan Sabha to organise farmers' meet
THE All-India Kisan Sabha will organise a `Kerala State Kisan Panchayat' in Thiruvananthapuram on February 26, says a communiqué from the Kerala State Council of the Kisan Sabha. The meeting is expected to draw participation from several ...
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