AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CONTRACT FARMING
Cotton contract farming urged in TN
MADURAI: The concept of contract farming in cotton is being advocated by the Agriculture Department for the farmers of the Cauvery delta region. According to Mr Arupathi Kalyanam, General Secretary of the Farmers' Federation of ...
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AQUACULTURE
Symposium on seaweeds in Kochi
SEAWEEDS 2004, a three-day national symposium and exposition organised by the Seaweed Research and Utilisation Association of India, Mandapam, in collaboration with the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) will be held here from ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Markfed in deal to export sweet onion to Germany
THE Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (Markfed) has signed a deal with a German company to export 20,000 tonnes of sweet onion, a top official of the federation has said. "We have entered into contract farming with ...
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RUBBER
Rubber weakens on poor buying
RUBBER rates surrendered on Wednesday. After a day's follow up buying, the covering groups and purchase agents withdrew from the market in the absence of enquiries from the company circles. All the grades except latex settled down amidst low ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
New dairy unit to be opened in Thiruvananthapuram
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: THE Thiruvananthapuram dairy has expanded the capacity of its milk processing plant in the city and is now able to handle 2 lakh litres of milk every day, said Mr Nanniodu Rajan, Chairman, Thiruvananthapuram Regional ...
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COTTON
Cotton continues to rise
PRICES of major cotton varieties in the domestic market have increased sharply by Rs 1,000/1,500 per candy (355.56 kg) during the current month, due to good demand from local cotton mills and exporters despite good arrivals of new cotton. The ...
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GENERAL INSURANCE
Megatop ties up with UK fund to offer insurance to farmers in AP, M.P.
AIMED at providing integrated financial services to the farmers through the e-choupals network of ITC, Megatop Insurance Services Ltd (MISL), an associate company of ITC Ltd, has signed a contract with the Financial Deepening Challenge Fund ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Guarded optimism over foodgrain export policy
THERE is mixed response within the exporting community to the Government's new foodgrain export policy, enabling exporters to undertake direct grain purchases and claim re-imbursement on freight and other `WTO-compatible' costs. This is as ...
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EVENTS
Sops likely for agri infrastructure investment
IN a bid to boost infrastructure investment in agriculture, the Government is planning to introduce a capital subsidy up to 25 per cent of the cost of the investment for setting up marketing and supply infrastructure. "Setting up of such ...
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Global meet to highlight bamboo potential
THE seventh World Bamboo Congress, to be held in New Delhi between February 27 and March 4, plans to highlight the potential of bamboo as fuel for economic and industrial development as well as for creating rural employment opportunity to ...
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CO-OPERATIVES
`Campco, a model co-op agency'
MANGALORE: The Union Minister of State for Finance (Revenue), Mr Shreepad Yesso Naik, has termed the Central Arecanut and Coca Marketing and Processing Co-operative Ltd (Campco), a model cooperative agency in the country. He was speaking ...
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