The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 02, 2004

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Veg-fruit council to expand retail network in Kerala
THE Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK) is planning to expand its network of retail outlets during the next financial year (2004-05). Disclosing this to Business Line, Mr J. Premkumar, Director, Horticulture Resource ... More

RUBBER
Kerala needs processors to prop up rubber sector
KERALA, which accounts for as much as 84 per cent of the total area under rubber cultivation in the country, continues to sit and watch as most of its produce leave the shores in order to be processed and marketed. The country's rubber ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton futures seen heading lower
NYCE cotton futures closed higher on Friday, on massive trade buying coupled with the news of China buying rallying to a strong close after a three-day losing streak. The Chinese market participants who were out of the market for about a week due ... More

COFFEE
Coffee promotion drive in Andhra
COFFEE cultivation in the agency (tribal) areas of Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts has weaned away the Girijans from cultivation and improved their socio-economic conditions, Ms L. Venkatachalam, the Chairperson of the Coffee Board, has ... More

POULTRY
`Chances of bird flu spreading very remote'
THE threat of `bird flu' affliction in the poultry will be limited to only those countries where it is currently prevalent and its chances of spreading to the poultry farms in India are very remote, says Mr B. Soundararajan, Managing Director of ... More

Ban on Thai chicken meat export — Suguna looking to tap additional export potential
THE Coimbatore-based broiler meat major Suguna Poultry group is sitting pretty to tap the additional business potential for its `Sugie' brand processed chicken in the face of market `vacuum' caused by the ban on chicken meat imports from ... More

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