Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, December 09, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, December 09, 2002 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COMMODITY EXCHANGES Within a couple of weeks of going live — Online commodity bourse registers high volumes THE Ahmedabad-based Online Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (OCEIL), the country's first online multi-commodity exchange which went live on November 26, is already reporting daily trading in as many as nine commodities and touching volumes upwards ... More CULTIVATION Godavari delta farmers worried at scanty rains FARMERS in the Godavari delta are a worried lot, as inflows into the river have dwindled alarmingly for want of rains in the catchment area. It is now doubtful whether irrigation officials would be able to provide water to even half-a-million ... More HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES 
Fruit preservator from CRIDATHE Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) has made designed and developed a low-cost portable preservator of fruits and vegetables to contain post-harvest losses to farmers. It has been estimated that fruits and vegetables ... More PLANTATIONS Plea to set up plantation development bank THE United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) has urged the Union Government to set up a National Plantation Development Bank (NPDB) on the lines of Nabard for financing and refinancing the plantation sector. In a pre-Budget ... More COTTON Bt cotton lets down AP farmers: Study BT Cotton, introduced by Mahyco-Monsanto company in Andhra Pradesh, has failed to fulfil its promise, says a study made by agricultural scientists Dr Abdul Qayoom, former Joint Director of Agriculture in the State and Mr Sakkari Kiran of ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Funds for agri zones may touch Rs 1,025 cr in 5 years AN aggregate investment of Rs 1,025 crore is forecast during the next 3-5 years in the 40 agri-export zones (AEZs) sanctioned in 17 States. The private investment in these zones over the last one year is of the order of Rs 95 crore while the ... More NATURAL CALAMITIES Farmers' deaths: Probe by human rights panel urged DR Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, has, in a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), blamed the State Government for the growing number of suicides by farmers and called its attitude towards the ... More BOOKS Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security The Impact of Globalisation Ed by Vandana Shiva and Gitanjali Bedi Publishers: Sage, Delhi Price: Rs 680. More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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