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Wednesday, May 08, 2002
Agri Prices (May 7)
Sugar (S-30)1390 (1400)
Palm Oil (10 kg)309 (309)
Groundnut oil ready398 (400)
Coconut oil ready3900 (3860)
Pepper garbled ready9300 (9200)

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US seeks re-look at DAP subsidies given by India
THE US Government has formally initiated discussions with the Indian Government for a re-look at the existing policy regime in the country on di-ammonium phosphate (DAP). "We are trying to resolve the various issues relating to DAP. I have ... More

RUBBER


Sheet rubber a tad lower
KOTTAYAM: Rubber prices continued to rule steady for all grades except sheet rubber that declined slightly. However, there was demand from a small faction of the tyre industry. Arrivals were thin as adverse climate prevailed in the ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS


Mozarella cheese from Dynamix Dairy
THE Baramati-based Dynamix Dairy Industries Ltd is in an expansion mode with plans being firmed up to launch at least a couple of new products in the current financial year and expand capacities for milk processing. Top company sources told ... More

FOODGRAINS


Chinese checkers on the food policy front
CHINA has been officially admitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), more than 15 years since it first sought entry — in the Uruguay Round, that is. With this, a completely new economic scenario will unfold in Asia. Economic analysts ... More

Basmati losing favour with Kerala farmers
LACK of processing facilities and procurement support seem to have dissuaded the Kerala paddy cultivators of late from taking up cultivation of basmati rice, which was introduced in the State with great enthusiasm in the recent past. The small ... More

COTTON


TN Cotton Council lowers acreage, production targets
THE Tamil Nadu Cotton Council has reset the `action plan' of the intensive cotton development programme (ICDP) being undertaken in the State by lowering both the crop area and the achievable cotton production from the originally targeted levels ... More

JUTE


Raw jute prices slide below MSP level
THE Central public sector unit, Jute Corporation of India's, inaction in the raw jute market has forced the price of the golden fibre to fall below the level of the minimum support price (MSP). MSP for the TD-4 variety of raw jute grown in ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY


Two nations, two agricultures
THE conference of the US House-Senate on Farm Bill 2002 is reviewing the agreement announced by the negotiators in a news conference on April 26. The Congress will, most likely, approve the Bill and send it to the President, Mr George W. Bush for ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS


Apeda to expand export basket
LIQUOR, medicinal plants and herbs are the new products that the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) is planning to add to its export basket as part of its product-specific strategy to boost exports ... More

Agri exports post 36.5% growth
DESPITE the overall negative export growth during the first 10 months of fiscal 2001-02, agriculture and allied products, chemical and related products, petroleum products, unclassified exports and electronic exports registered a modest to ... More

CO-OPERATIVES


NCDC to disburse Rs 735 cr in 2002-03
THE Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Ajit Singh, has said that co-operatives should take advantage of the package announced for Agri Export Zones (AEZ) in the 2002-03 Exim Policy and avail of funding from the National Cooperative Development ... More
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