The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, July 30, 2002

17 AP shrimp farms set up PCR labs
IN an effort to supply disease-free shrimp seeds to farmers, the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has helped about 17 of the total 180 hatcheries in Andhra Pradesh to set up PCR (polymerase chain reaction) labs. Inaugurating ... More

RUBBER

Rubber stagnant
THE rubber market remained stagnant on Monday due to uninterrupted supply following widespread tapping in rubber plantations. But the market was lethargic on poor buying interests. Major buyers were conspicuously absent as the market made no ... More

FOODGRAINS

Heading towards a hunger trap
WITH about 815 million people around the globe going to bed with empty stomachs each day, the chief of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has this to say about food and hunger. "We say, before you go and have a special meeting of the G-8 ... More

Global wheat supplies may tighten further
THIS July has turned out to be a treacherous month for many agricultural crops in several parts of the world. Deteriorating grain and oilseed crop conditions in the US, China, Canada, India and others have fuelled a price spurt. In addition, ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Under-invoicing in soyabean oil imports
IF you thought under-invoicing in edible oil imports had come to an end, think again. Invoice manipulation continues to be practised and Government continues to lose revenue; but this time it is on soyabean oil. Customs authorities at the ... More

Icrisat develops GM groundnut
THE Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has developed the first ever genetically modified groundnut, engineered to confer resistance to the Indian peanut clump (IPCV), which is widespread in ... More

COCONUT & COPRA

`Banana, pineapple better intercrops with coconut'
The total cost of the intercropping came to Rs 46,745 while the total return was Rs 89,080 per year. The net income, thus, was Rs 42,335 per year. More

POULTRY

Spic launches bio-enzyme poultry feed
THE Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd (Spic) has launched three bio-enzyme formulations for the poultry feed intended to enhance the digestibility of the feed and improving the feed conversion ratio among poultry birds. The ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

US law on bio-terrorism to hit spices exports
THE new bio-terrorism legislation introduced in the US would create new problems for the export of spices and other food items to that country. The food industries all over the world with direct or indirect links with the US will have to undergo ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Centre, AP sign MoU for AEZ
THE Union Government and the Government of Andhra Pradesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday for the establishment of an agri-export zone (AEZ) with an investment of Rs 57 crore. The AEZ is being set up by the State ... More

TRENDS

No mavericks
A shepherd looks for his sheep as two herds got mixed up at the Kolkata Maidan on Monday. The shepherds can identify their sheep by the markings on the animals' ... More

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