The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 10, 2003

Prawn peeling
Women labourers at work in a prawn peeling centre in Kollam, Kerala. A new variety, `Pullan chemmeen', is in great demand in the overseas market especially in the US. A worker on an average peels 20 kg of prawns a day and earns about Rs 5 per ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Banana fibre emerging good business proposition
BANANA fibre extraction is emerging as a good business proposition in Tamil Nadu and Kerala following good demand for the fibre. Especially, three hamlets off Marthandam in Tamil Nadu — Thakkalai, Thiruvattaru and Mathur — have ... More

POWER

Karnataka rules out power tariff hike for farm sector
The major economic benefits of low cost supply have been in the form of higher output and high job levels in the farm sectors. The high incomes have in turn resulted in realising higher tax revenues from the rural sector, officials said. More

TEA

Demand rises at Kochi tea auction
A GOOD general demand resulted in the spurting of prices of almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. The dust sale witnessed a strong general demand and the quantity on offer was 772,000 kg. CTC and orthodox market higher by Rs 3-5 ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Gold price volatility goes berserk
PRICE volatility went berserk on the gold market last week. Prices tested support around $367 per ounce late in the week after testing $388.50/oz mid-week, leaving an impressive intra-week range of $22. There was record-breaking surge in ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

Transgenics for four crops developed in AP
SEVEN research projects, supported by the Andhra Pradesh Netherlands Biotechnology Programme for Dryland Agriculture (APNLBP), have developed transgenics in castor, sorghum, pigeonpea and groundnut. These transgenics, currently being tested in ... More

COTTON

Cotton prices may move lower
NYCE cotton futures closed lower on Friday on fund liquidation. Market players will now be looking forward to the release later on Friday of the National Cotton Council's annual survey of US cotton planting intentions for 2003 for further ... More

Lint rules firm
LINT prices ruled firm during the second January fortnight. Kapas arrival continued on a reduced scale in Northern belt. Arrivals continued in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. According to the South India Cotton Association's (SICA) ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Mock online pepper trading from today
THE India Pepper and Spice Trade Association (IPSTA) is to commence mock online trading from Monday at the trading floor of the International Commodity Exchange for futures trading here. It has invited all its members and brokers to participate ... More

INTERVIEW

`Time for joint efforts to find right buyers' — Mr Trigyve Klingenberg, President of the Speciality Coffee Association, Europe
LAST year, speciality coffee exports from the country increased in volume though the premiums they had contracted for were negated when the markets unexpectedly went up. Speciality coffee by definition is limited to a small percentage of the ... More

EVENTS

Good response at Foodtec fair
THE International Foodtec India 2003 exhibition, the largest platform for technology in food processing in the country, held in Hyderabad recently has succeeded in generating investor interest, according to the organisers CIDEX Trade Fairs. ... More

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