The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 26, 2003

NCDEX mulls new ways to attract farmers
"NCDEX warehouse receipt will be in electronic form. The produce will be graded and the grading will have a validity period." More

RUBBER

Rubber prices rule stable
TRANSACTIONS in the rubber market were limited between the traders while the major buyers kept on the sidelines in the rubber market. The market is expecting revised quotations from the tyre sector and the traders have adopted a cautious ... More

SUGAR

BASL to provide roadmap for Guyana sugar upgradation
AN eleven-member team headed by the President of Guyana, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo, is to visit Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd (BASL) at Sathyamangalam in Erode District on Tuesday. BASL, incidentally, has been identified as the best sugar mill in the ... More

TEA

Small growers moot domestic marketing for tea
`The industry could take advantage of the current confusion in the cold beverages segment by promoting tea as a healthy alternative.' More

WATER

Krishna delta farmers stage protest, seek water release
The farmers and political leaders are united in the struggle for their riparian right, `which is being unjustly denied'. More

COIR

`Coir pith an emerging dollar-earning product'
THE coir pith industry is confident of achieving a business volume of Rs 100-crore by 2010. The industry, though relatively nascent in our country has managed to establish its position on the global arena. Industry insiders, however, lament ... More

JUTE

Jute industry urged to focus on new possibilities
THE Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Mr K.C. Pant, on Monday exhorted the domestic jute industry to display dynamism in technology and leverage the new opportunities thrown open by the growing technical textiles market. The global ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Spurious coconut oil seized

TOBACCO

Tobacco farmers upset with prolonged auctions
"The remedy suggested is that the system should be partly modified, paving the way for sale of part of the crop on the floor and part of it off the floor." More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Draft policy on organic farming in Kerala to be ready soon
A DRAFT policy to be formulated soon will aim to make the entire State fully organic (Jaiva Keralam) on the lines of the universal literacy programme. The discussions and deliberations at a two-day policy workshop here on `Organic ... More

WTO

WTO farm talks: A new churning
DURING the past week, the most important development that has occurred at the ongoing agriculture negotiations under the auspices of the WTO is the joining hands of member-countries such as India and China with the ... More

`Hard talks vital on farm issues at WTO'
The European Union, Japan and the US extend a whole lot of subsidies to the farm sector and their produce becomes extremely competitive in the international market as against the produce from India, says Mr Som Pal More

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