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Tuesday, September 02, 2003
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Rains threaten Gujarat kharif crops
KHARIF crops in Gujarat have suffered damage, to some extent, due to heavy rainfall in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Mehsana districts last week, according to official sources in the Department of Agriculture. The crops include cotton, sesame, ... More

Truant monsoon
Dark clouds loom over Kochi after sunset on Sunday. The southwest monsoon, which arrived more than a week late, continues to lash parts of Kerala, well past its normal schedule. ... More

AQUACULTURE


Fishing in troubled waters
By equipping artisanal fishermen with newer and increasingly superior technologies, are institutions like SIFFS and Matsyafed inadvertently contributing to an unsustainable pressure on marine resources? More

RUBBER


Rubber improves on sparse arrivals
RUBBER rates improved on Monday. Arrivals continued to be meagre. The international market was flat at Rs 48.29 per kg for RSS 3 at Bangkok. Weathermen prediction that the rains might continue for a few more days had a positive impact on the ... More

SUGAR


To meet fobbing costs — Centre mulls additional sop for sugar exports
The incentive is fully WTO-compatible and, hence, does not tantamount to any export subsidy. More

TEA


Fair demand at Kochi tea sales
A FAIR general demand persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Of the quantity of 9,92,00 kg on offer in the dust category, good liquoring CTC's barely steady and tended to ease. Other CTC's were lower by Re 1 to Rs ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS


Kurien flays NDDB's move to import milk powder
THE Chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), Dr Verghese Kurien, has ridiculed the National Dairy Development Board's (NDDB) move to import 6,000 tonnes of milk powder as part of its plan to build a `strategic ... More

SILK


Non-mulberry silkworm rearing comes to South
FARMERS growing castor plantations could soon have an additional income generating activity through Ericulture. rearing, the eri silkworm which thrives on castor and tapioca leaves to produce fine silk can yield an extra income of Rs 6,000 to ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


Edible oil imports decline steeply
BUCKING the rising trend of previous 3-4 months, vegetable oil imports witnessed a steep fall during August. As per quick estimate of arrivals made available by Oilmandi.com, a vegetable oil industry portal, 4.20 lakh tonnes (l.t.) ... More

HLL completes transfer of edible oil biz
HINDUSTAN Lever Ltd (HLL) has completed the transfer of its domestic edible oils and fats business in India and Nepal to Bunge Ltd. The transfer was accomplished with the signing of necessary documents on August 28, 2003, HLL said in a press ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS


IPC to promote new uses of pepper to raise consumption
THE Kerala Governor, Mr Sikander Bakht, has called for tapping the potential of pepper "beyond its culinary and curative utility". Inaugurating the 5-day 31st session and other meetings of the International Pepper Community, he said he saw a ... More
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