The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 23, 2003

Farmers go for diverse crops in Telangana
NEARLY 2-lakh hectares under cotton cultivation in the Telangana region have been diversified to soyabean, maize and pulses crops during the current Kharif season. Similarly, an additional 2-lakh hectares in the command area of Nagarjunasagar ... More

AQUACULTURE

Fresh water prawn output may rise 30 pc by 2005
INDIA is emerging as a leading player in fresh water prawn farming and the country's production in the sector is likely to increase by 30 per cent over the next two to three years, Dr Michael New, President of the European Aquaculture Society, ... More

RUBBER

Rubber market weakens
RUBBER market weakened on Friday due to buyer resistance. The covering group vanished behind the curtains while traders came forward to book profits at higher levels. Buyers from the major sectors also kept a low profile letting the rates to calm ... More

SUGAR

Bangla buys sugar from UP, Haryana mills
"This time around, our sugar is selling at a premium because we are offering to supply sugar much ahead of Brazil or Thailand." More

Bajaj Hindustan, K. K. Birla, Triveni Engineering among bidders — UP puts 24 sugar mills on the block
THE much-needed capacity consolidation process in the sugar industry is finally underway, with the impetus, this time round, coming from the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to privatise 24 of its mills. The 24 mills owned by the UP State ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

Icrisat to stay in India
THE Director-General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), Dr. William Dar, stated that the institute would stay in India and continue to work in Asia. It would also continue and strengthen its work in ... More

COIR

Potential of coir pith in absorbing N-waste under study
As against the total export volume of 86,000 tonnes of coir products, pith exports accounted for 20,000 tonnes. More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

SEAI signs MoU with trade bodies
The Solvent Extractors' Association Of India (SEAI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the three international trade bodies - National Oilseeds Processors' Association (NOPA) Canadian Oilseed Processors' Association (COPA), and ... More

Malaysia palm oil output projected at 13 m tonnes
NOTWITHSTANDING a certain production forecast using a statistical model based on the country's rainfall data, palm oil production in Malaysia has actually increased despite a mixed rainfall picture. This is attributed to increased input levels ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

'No Govt decision yet on tariff cover for pepper'
THE Spices Board has clarified that the Centre "is still considering" its suggestions on tariff protection to black pepper. "We haven't received any communication from the Union Commerce Ministry on this yet," Mr S. Kannan, Director - Marketing ... More

WTO

Agriculture, investment to be key issues in Cancun
THE Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, has said that the two key issues likely to dominate the proceedings of the forthcoming Fifth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Cancun, Mexico would be ... More

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