AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CULTIVATION
Finolex to cash in on drip irrigation thrust in TN — Hikes production capacity expecting demand
FINOLEX Industries Ltd (FIL), manufacturers of branded PVC pipes, plans to capitalise on the thrust given by the Tamil Nadu Government to drip irrigation in the State, which accounts for nearly 10 per cent of the company's ...
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RUBBER
Rubber dull on poor buying
THE rubber market remained unchanged on Wednesday. The market stayed almost inactive in the last trading day of the current fiscal without any interest. Neither the producing sector nor the consuming sector appeared in the trading circles. The ...
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TEA
Tea trouble
Women workers plucking tea in an estate in Munnar. Low prices have forced several estates to stop operations while some have been taken over by the workers. Some are still managed by the corporates as they are processors and packers of branded ...
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Tea centre in Chennai to promote Nilgiris varieties
AS part of its continued efforts towards generic promotion of tea, the Tea Board has decided to open a Tea Centre in Chennai shortly. Mr M. Bhojarajan, Vice-Chairman of Tea Board, told Business Line that the Tea Centre is to be opened at ...
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Icrisat signs pact with TVS farm institute
THE International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the TVS Agri Sciences Research Institute, a non-Governmental organisation initiated by the TVS group, for improving ...
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COTTON
Gains from cotton-jowar rotation system: Study
COTTON scientists contend that diversification of the cotton crop by rotating it with jowar (Sorghum bicolour) for both grain and fodder would have substantial results. A decade-long study conducted by the Central Institute for Cotton Research ...
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COCONUT & COPRA
COD identified as best tender coconut variety
THE Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) has identified Chowghat Orange Dwarf (COD) as the best tender coconut variety. The advantages of this variety are that it bears early (within 30 to 40 months after planting); high nut ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Marginal fall in pepper despite thin arrivals
SPOT pepper prices witnessed a decline of Rs 100 a quintal on Wednesday after moving up by Rs 400 last Saturday. Similarly, futures also dropped marginally after going up by Rs 210 to Rs 534. MG1 and un-garbled were sold at Rs 8,200 and Rs ...
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CO-OPERATIVES
Campco sets terms for arecanut procurement
THE Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative (Campco) Ltd has sought assurance from the State Government on some of the issues in the procurement of red variety of arecanut. Malnad districts in the State are the major ...
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