The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 15, 2005

Lakshmi Overseas to foray into wheat flour segment
LAKSHMI Overseas Industries Ltd is now entering into wheat flour segment. The company is one of country's largest integrated processors of non-basmati long grain white rice. It is setting up a wheat flour plant in its existing plant at Khamano ... More

AQUACULTURE

Good catch
Fisherfolk sorting the day's catch at Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. This was among the worst affected places by the tsunami that devastated the coastal areas last December. Months after the calamity, fishermen have just started going out to sea and are ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Market glut
Wholesale vendors separate loads of mangoes in Visakhapatnam. Due to a good crop, prices are at an all-time low this season.

PLANTATIONS

Creating farm jobs through silviculture — ITC paperboards unit emerging `carbon positive'
AS you sow, so you reap, may have negative overtones, but ITC Ltd has literally sown quality seeds, and helped the Andhra Pradesh farmers reap a rich harvest. The company has taken upon itself the mandate of securing future raw material ... More

SUGAR

Shree Ambika Sugars merges power subsidiaries with itself
SHREE Ambika Sugars Ltd, an associate company of Thiru Arooran Sugars Ltd, has merged two of its cogeneration power subsidiaries with itself to emerge an integrated sugar mill with one of the largest cogenerating capacities in the country. The ... More

FOODGRAINS

TN foodgrains merchants plea on farm products Act
MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has urged the Chief Minister to bring about necessary changes in the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Products Sales Act so as not to collect cess for the products on which cess is already ... More

COTTON

Nod for large-scale Bt cotton trials of JK, Nath Seeds, Syngenta
IN what is expected to end Monsanto's monopoly over Bt cotton technology, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has allowed JK Agri-Genetics Ltd, Syngenta Seeds India Ltd and Nath Seeds Ltd to carry out large-scale trials of their ... More

Global meet on GM cotton in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Southern Encounters, an international conference on Bt Cotton and genetic engineering, is being held in Hyderabad today.International experts on Bt cotton, including Mr Witoon Lianchamroon from Thailand, Ms Lim Li Lin from the ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

EU to scan turmeric now for banned dye — Notification on carcinogenic Sudan in 2-3 days; Spices Board gears up
AFTER chilli, the European Commission Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health has said turmeric exported to the EU countries for human consumption should also be free of carcinogenic Sudan dye. The EC Committee is understood to ... More

CO-OPERATIVES

TN Govt announces one-time settlement scheme for co-op loan overdues
THE Tamil Nadu Government has announced a one-time settlement scheme on farm loans overdue to co-operative banks. The scheme will benefit 2,53,970 farmers who will receive interest concessions of Rs 280.30 crore. In a statement in the ... More

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