AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Online coconut oil trading resumes
KOCHI: The Cochin Oil Merchants Association (COMA) restarted online trading in spot delivery of coconut oil, copra and cake from Tuesday. Mr Amar Bahadur Singh inaugurated the facility at the association's office with which members of ...
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
MET SIGNS
Alert on pest attack, diseases in paddy
THE Agromet Bulletin dated November 1 issued by the Met Office, Thiruvananthapuram, has mounted an alert on a likely bout of pest attack and plant disease in paddy crop in Kerala. In its farm advisory, the Bulletin said that in case if the ...
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CULTIVATION
TDP plea to set up agri-tech panel
THE Telugu Desam Party leader and former Agriculture Minister, Mr Vadde Sobhandreeswara Rao, sought the constitution of an Agriculture Technology Commission (ATC) in the State to ensure that measures would be taken to increase farm productivity, ...
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AP rabi output set at 79 lakh tonnes
THE State Government has targeted to cover 40.21 lakh hectares (lh) by various crops and achieve an agricultural output of 79.13 lakh tonnes (lt) during the current rabi season. Both the cropped area and production targets are higher when ...
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AQUACULTURE
Into the sunset
This is one of the faces of Kochi that has launched a thousand tourism brochures - the Chinese fishing net by dusk. The sun may be setting on this romantic perspective as Kochi launches itself into a Rs 7,400-crore integrated development plan ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Kerala agri export zone helps improve farm yields
IN little over a year since its formation, Kerala's agriculture export zone (AEZ) has helped improve the State's yield of bananas, pineapple and ethnic vegetables, and has also generated a lot of interest among farmers. Farms that are part of ...
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RUBBER
Rubber exports may decline
NATURAL rubber exports may fall by 30 per cent this fiscal to around 50,000 tonnes, bringing to halt the growth in exports of the commodity during the last two years. During the April-September period of this fiscal, rubber exports plummeted ...
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Rehabilitation Plantations pays dividend to Kerala Govt
REHABILITATION Plantations Ltd (RPL), a joint venture of the Kerala Government and the Centre, has paid a dividend of Rs 41.17 lakh to the State Government for 2003-04. The company, which was set up with the objective of providing employment to ...
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Rubber market shows signs of recovery
THE physical rubber rates were quoted steady on Wednesday. The market showed signs of recovery in the absence of sellers at lower levels. The covering groups and purchase agents began to chase the arrivals, and rubber, practically, was not ...
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TEA
Coonoor e-auctions to be launched today
THE electronic tea auctions will be inaugurated at the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) on Thursday. Mr Vikram Kapur, Executive Director of Tea Board, will launch the e-auctions. This is part of the Tea Board decision to covert all tea ...
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Tea Board disbursing subsidy
SPICES & CONDIMENTS
H1 spices exports up Rs 258 cr
SPICES exports have increased by Rs 258 crore during first half of the fiscal as shipments of chilli and coriander surpassed the target set for the current fiscal, while some other items have registered substantial increase. While the ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Govt hikes wheat MSP by Rs 10 per quintal
THE Government has announced a Rs 10 per quintal increase in the minimum support price (MSP) of the current year's wheat crop to be procured during the rabi marketing season (April-June). The decision, taken at a meeting of the Cabinet ...
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TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Strife ends in Vandiperiyar Tea Estates
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Outstanding labour disputes that caused the closure of the Vandiperiyar Tea Estates under the Harrisons Malayalam management have been settled after conciliatory talks ended successfully. Announcing this here, a ...
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EVENTS
Maharashtra Agri Food 2004 to focus on critical areas
A MEGA agriculture and food technology show— Maharashtra Agri Food 2004— including an exhibition, a seminar and a summit of thought leaders and luminaries in the field will be held here during November 8-10. Focus of the show will be ...
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