AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT
IOB to ramp up priority sector lending in lead dist
INDIAN Overseas Bank, the lead bank for Thiruvananthapuram district, has decided to enhance lending to the priority sector, especially by financing self-help groups and issuing Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs). Addressing a function at the suburban ...
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CULTIVATION
`Crop diversification yielding good results'
DESPITE the drought conditions and water crisis, the agricultural production in the State has not posed much worry, thanks to crop diversification advocated among farmers, the State Agriculture Secretary, Mr R. Kannan said. According to him, ...
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TEA
Downtrend in Kochi tea sale
PRICES of dust and orthodox teas at the auction here were lower despite fair general demand. In the dust sales, 6,08,000 kg were on offer. The market opened at steady levels but as the sale progressed the prices fell. However, orthodox was ...
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Coonoor teas slip on poor demand
SLUGGISH demand from both exporters and domestic traders pulled down tea prices at this week's auction conducted by the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA). Of the 5.38 lakh kg of leaf offered for sale, only the brighter liquoring teas ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Downward tweak in cotton
NYCE cotton futures ended strongly higher on Friday, recovering from seven-month lows on speculative buying and possible profit taking after three straight sessions of decline after cotton future prices plummeted on a surprisingly big USDA ...
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COIR
Coir exports may touch Rs 400 cr this fiscal
LARGE markets could be developed for Indian coir fibre-based products, if the industry diversified in to non-traditional applications such as construction, automotive manufacture/assembly and other consumer items meeting the consumer preference ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Edible oil imports unabated despite good mustard harvest
NOTWITHSTANDING the combination of impressive increase in indigenous production and high international prices, edible oil imports into India continue strongly. Arrivals in March were an estimated 2.98 lakh tonnes, as per data made available by ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Central Ministry's farm spend — Poultry, fisheries to get top priority
THE poultry and fisheries sectors will find greater share in this year's annual budgeted spending from the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying of the Union Ministry of Agriculture. The department has also drawn up a blueprint for ...
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IPR
Patent for fish products
MADURAI: The Fisheries College and Research Institute at Tuticorin is planning to obtain patent for their new technologies with reference to ready-to-eat fish products, the Dean of the Institute, Mr R. Santhanam has said. Addressing ...
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EVENTS
Herbal cultivation training in Madurai
MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu Council For Enterprise Development (TACED) is organising a two-day training programme on `Herbal Cultivation' on April 6 and 7 in the city. In a statement here, the organisation's Senior Consultant, Mr M. ...
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CO-OPERATIVES
CoOptions eyes overseas markets
COOPTIONS Technologies Ltd, a technology solutions provider addressing rural agricultural cooperatives and micro credit institutions, is in the process of expanding projects in Mauritius, South Africa, Malaysia and Vietnam with local partners. ...
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