AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT
Kerala Co-op Bank reduces loan rates
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Cooperative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank has announced reduced rates for agricultural, non-agricultural and home loans. Loans up to Rs 50,000 for organic farming, commercial cultivation of ...
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Nabard aid to grow medicinal plants
HYDERABAD: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has agreed to provide financial assistance to farmers for raising medicinal plants, according to Dr Manoranjan Bhanja, Chief Executive Officer of the Andhra ...
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AQUACULTURE
Nod for fishing harbour at Thottapally
THE Government of India has approved the construction of a fishing harbour at Thottapally in Alappuzha district. Speaking to newspersons, Prof K.V. Thomas, Minister of Tourism and Fisheries, said that 50 per cent of the Rs 14.86 crore expected ...
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INSIGHT
Farm sector growth no longer linked to foodgrains output
THE farm sector's growth fortunes are seemingly no longer linked to production of foodgrains, oilseeds, fibres and other `regular' field crops. Sample this. During 2002-03, the Agriculture Ministry has estimated foodgrain output to have plunged ...
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At last, some cheer for farm sector
If below 6 per cent per annum is good for corporates, it is also good for quality farmers. Nay, any discrimination is unconstitutional.
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RUBBER
Rubber prices continue to fall
KOTTAYAM: Rubber rates continued to fall on Wednesday. RSS 4 closed at Rs 50 a kg against Rs 50.25 on Tuesday. Nervous selling from traders and growers seemed to be putting pressure on the prices. Rubber futures fell sharply on Wednesday. The ...
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TEA
Declining inventory may warm up tea prices
THERE is a growing perception that declining inventory levels will have a positive effect on tea prices during 2004. Highly placed industry sources told Business Line that tea production having touched an all time high of 874 million kg ...
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
3 farm science centres coming up in Karnataka
THREE new farm science centres will begin functioning in southern Karnataka from April 1. The Director of Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Prof V. Veerabhadraiah, told Business Line here on Wednesday that the paddy ...
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COIR
Exports of coir products up
EXPORTS of coir and coir products during April-December of the current fiscal witnessed an uptrend with an increase of over Rs 36 crore, taking total exports to Rs 289 crore from Rs 252.14 crore during the same period last year. The shift ...
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CASHEW
Cashew corpn to spend Rs 10.5 cr on high-yielding varieties
THE Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation is planning to spend Rs 10.5 crore to plant high-yielding varieties of cashew in 5,000 hectares of land in the State in the next five years. A meeting of the officials of the Forest Department, held ...
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COFFEE
Action plan to expand world coffee market
AN action plan adopted last September to increase coffee consumption worldwide would be implemented by members, the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) decided in its meeting in London last week. The plan focuses on market development with ...
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EVENTS
Workshop on ornamental fish at Kochi
THE School of Industrial Fisheries of the Cochin University of Science and Technology is organising a three-day workshop on breeding, farming and management of ornamental fishes here from February 27. The objective of the workshop is to create ...
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