The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 27, 2002

Shrimp testing facility at CIFT
KOCHI: A testing facility for detecting the virus which causes yellow head disease in shrimps has been set up at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) here. Dr Toms C. Joseph, Scientist and Dr P.K. Surendran, Head of ... More

Thumbs down to AP fund plan

RUBBER

Sheet rubber improves
KOTTAYAM: Sheet rubber prices moved up further but the price of block rubber and latex concentrate remained steady. Buyers were seldom seen in the market as also sellers of sheet rubber, especially of RSS 4 and RSS 5. Report about ... More

COTTON

Panel green signal for Bt cotton
IN what is perceived as a significant milestone for Indian agriculture, the Government on Tuesday allowed commercial cultivation of the country's first ever genetically engineered crop — the controversial Bt cotton developed by the ... More

Nod for Bt cotton path-breaking
An important aspect of the guidelines would be the provision relating to `refuge', an area that should be allowed between two contiguous fields planting Bt cotton, which will provide a safe-haven for bollworm. More

Concern over falling cotton yields in North
EVEN as low productivity continues to be the bane of cotton cultivation in the country, of more serious concern is the declining yields noticed in the irrigated tracts of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, according to Mr Purshottamdas D. Patodia, ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Sunny times
Farmers in Okrulu village in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh harvesting sunflower. With prices of sunflower ruling higher this year, the farmers are earning better profits selling their produce in the nearby Kurnool market. ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Global pepper supplies may sag -- Vietnam output seen to fall 20 per cent this year
IF the reported production trend in various pepper producing countries is any indication, the global availability of this produce in the current year is likely to be less than what has been projected by the international players. According to ... More

TRENDS

Globalisation rocks farm patriarchy
AGRICULTURE in India, at one epoch held as a model of productivity, quality of the produce and technological sophistication both in production and post-harvest processing, started declining with the coming of the British, principally because the ... More

Vanishing greenery
The rice fields of Kerala are being indiscriminately filled in and used for non-agricultural purposes. If the trend continues, such soothing sights of the verdant countryside may soon become a thing of the ... More

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Panel green signal for Bt cotton

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