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COMMODITY EXCHANGES


`Allow banks to act as farmers' brokers in commodity exchanges'
THE National Commodity and Derivative Exchange (NCDEX) has urged the Union Government to allow banks to act as brokers on behalf of farmers in the commodity exchanges. The formal request was sent to Union Ministry of Finance, Union Ministry of ... More

FARM CREDIT


SBI earmarks Rs 85 cr for farm sector loans in Mangalore region
THE Mangalore Regional Business office of State Bank of India is planning to disburse Rs 85 crore to agriculture sector during the current financial year. Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmagalur, Shimoga, Hassan and Kodagu districts come under ... More

CULTIVATION


Kharif sowing may begin this week in Gujarat — 15% pre-monsoon sowing damaged
KHARIF sowing is expected to begin this week in Gujarat, and about 15 per cent of the pre-monsoon sowing will have to be replanted, an official of the Department of Agriculture of the State said. Reports say about 80,000 hectares have been ... More

AQUACULTURE


Splashing success
A fisherman handling small varieties at a pond on the outskirts of Kolkata. West Bengal is the top fish producer in the country for the last seven years and the Union Government has rewarded it with the best productivity award. Several steps ... More

INSIGHT


The contentious world of agricultural trade
As efforts are on to kick-start the Doha Round of negotiations before the Hong Kong ministerial meet, agriculture has once again emerged as a stumbling block. It is now becoming clear that there are limited areas of actual agreement among countries, which now appear less convinced that a liberalised agricultural trade regime would really benefit them. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the historically evolved structures of agricultura l production and trade in the Asia-Pacific region to understand why. More

FERTILISERS


Pepsi extends focus to wet seaweed
AFTER initiating contract farming for dry seaweed exports, Pepsi has extended its focus to wet seaweed, whose derivative is a liquid fertiliser that significantly increases yields of various plants. Trial results have shown that yields of ... More

RUBBER


Spot rubber prices recover
SPOT rubber prices made a smart recovery on Monday. Covering groups and purchase agents were moderate buyers in major grades as most of the dealers and growers stayed back expecting the prices to flair up further. The Bangkok RSS 3 spot ... More

TEA


Bengal tea garden workers demand wage revision, threaten stir from July 11
THE Defence Committee of Plantation Workers Rights and the Co-ordination Committee of Tea Plantation Workers in West Bengal, who together represent 30 trade unions in the tea industry, have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from July 11, ... More

SOFTWARE


L&T software for monitoring irrigation projects in AP
THE State Government has decided to outsource software solutions from L&T to strengthen its online monitoring of irrigation projects being taken up in the State. Announcing this here after a review meeting with officials on Monday, Mr Ponnala .. More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS


Next generation of GM crops likely to face more hurdles
THE next generation of genetically modified (GM) crops is likely to face more controversy since it will relate to crops that are directly consumed as food by humans. Currently, the second generation of GM crops in the pipeline is drought and ... More

FOODGRAINS


Per capita cereal consumption drops 20 pc
CITING NSS (National Sample Survey) data, an International Food Policy Research Institute paper states that per capita consumption of cereals in rural India dropped from 192 kg to 152 kg per year between 1977 and 1999, even as the consumption of ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS


Jayalalithaa for paradigm shift in farm policy
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, today expressed the need for a paradigm shift in the agricultural policy to attain higher growth trajectory. Expressing concern about the plateauing trends in the yield of rice and wheat and ... More

Jayalalithaa sanctions Rs 3 cr to TNAU
COIMBATORE: A sum of Rs 3 crore has been sanctioned to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University for construction of a new Centenary Building. The Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, sanctioned this amount to commemorate the Centenary ... More

MARKETING


Mandi system to continue despite changes in agri-marketing law
The market yard will always remain a physical meeting point for farmers. More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES


10 new crop varieties released
THE Agricultural College and Research Institute did not stop with the release of new crop varieties and farm implements this year. It went a step further by suggesting management technologies to contain post-harvest loss. Almost ten new crop ... More


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