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Tuticorin fisheries college plans quality control lab
THE Tuticorin-based Fisheries College and Research Institute (FCRI) plans to establish a fish quality control laboratory, as part of its efforts to give an impetus to fisheries technology extension programmes, including the launch of VCDs ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES


Coded handshake for selling mangoes may end soon
TRADITIONALLY, a major chunk of the Rs 600-crore mango business in Maharashtra has got transacted through crude price discovery mechanisms. One such has been the coded handshake carried out under the wraps of a piece of cloth or `rumalacha ... More

RUBBER


Rubber improves on low arrivals
THE spot rubber market opened on a strong note after Easter holidays. Major marketing centres continued to suffer from the scarcity of rubber while the covering groups and purchase agents were quantum buyers throughout the session. The general ... More

MRF tops in rubber consumption
MRF stands first among the manufacturers whose consumption of natural rubber exceeded 1,000 tonnes during 2003-04. The other top largescale consumers are Apollo Tyres, JK Industries, Ceat, Birla Tyres and Goodyear. Consumption by the rubber ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS


Pepper down on selling pressure
The reported decision of the State Government authorities to tax the stock held by the traders seems to have compelled them to liquidate it before March 31. Besides, the State Government agency, Marketfed (Cooperative Marketing Federation), is ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY


TN proposes hike in minimum wages for farm labour
THE Tamil Nadu Government has proposed a hike in minimum wages for farm labour for which it will come out with a preliminary notification. The final notification is expected in June after the mandatory two-month period to consider objections ... More

MARKETING


Bill to reform farm marketing sector in AP
WITH an objective of implementing legal reforms in the agricultural marketing sector, the Andhra Pradesh Government has come out with a Bill that seeks to amend the A.P. (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966. The Bill, ... More

TRENDS


Traders gain from Nafed's price support operations
THE effectiveness of price support operations by Nafed (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation) to ensure that growers receive at least the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,700 a quintal fixed by the Government is increasingly ... More


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