The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 11, 2003

Loan scheme for spice and herb farmers
THE Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank has come out with a scheme of long-term loans for farmers intent on taking up cultivation of herbs and spices on a commercial basis. According to Mr K. Sivadasan Nair, ... More

AQUACULTURE

Help develop aquaculture, banks told
BANKS should come forward to finance small farmers rather than big processors or exporters to help aquaculture development in the State, Mr K. Jose Cyriac, Chairman, Marine Products Export Development Authority, has said. The small farmers are ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices unchanged
RUBBER prices remained unchanged for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. The covering group failed to procure enough rubber to fulfil their commitments as growers and traders preferred to hold their stock. Though export buying was not ... More

STOCKS

Sugar stocks' rise surprises experts
SUGAR industry traders were surprised today over the sharp rise in the prices of sugar stocks as there was hardly any positive development for the industry or individual companies. Led by Balrampur Chini Mills, the country's largest sugar ... More

TEA

Goodricke selling off unviable tea estates
GOODRICKE Group Ltd is restructuring its operations in Darjeeling by selling off unviable tea estates and simultaneously trying to acquire good tea gardens. Recently, the company sold four of its 13 estates in Darjeeling to the city-based ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

And now, your favourite fish curry in sachets!
AVAILABILITY of your favourite fish curry may no more be limited to your household kitchen or on the menus of hotels and restaurants in India. The day may not be far off when you could pick up your choice of fish curry, packed in a ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

Icrisat, Genome Valley sign pact for Agri-Biotech Park
THE International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday with the Andhra Pradesh Government's Genome Valley-Hyderabad to jointly promote an Agri-Biotech Park (ABP) at the ... More

COTTON

NCDEX to start cotton futures trading this week
THE National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) is launching futures trading in cotton by the end of this week. NCDEX is initially launching two cotton contracts — J-34 (SG) variety ( and Shankar-6 variety. "Our main aim in ... More

Textiles mills, exporters' demand boosts cotton prices
COTTON prices in the country have started strengthening this week. Major cotton varieties rose sharply in the last couple of days, mainly on good demand from textiles mills and exporters coupled with reduced inflows of new cotton, trade sources ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Soya prices rise sharply on poor arrivals
SOYABEAN prices have shot up over Rs 1,000 a tonne on poor arrivals and farmers are holding back stocks anticipating higher prices. "Soyabean arrivals are meagre as the farmers feel the prices will go up in view of a tight situation in the ... More

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