AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
AQUACULTURE
Marine fisheries tech
KOCHI: Co-operation among developing countries in the area of marine fisheries technology has great importance in the present circumstances, Ms Shobha Marwah, Director (Fisheries), has said. She was inaugurating the Common Wealth Skill ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Fruit fair
Cashew apple on display at an exhibition held in Kochi on Tuesday by the Vegetable and Fruits Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK) which is promoting cultivation of vegetables and fruits through Self-Help Groups. ...
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RUBBER
Mixed trend in rubber market
THE physical rubber market showed a mixed trend on Tuesday. Buying from the covering groups and purchase agents supported sheet rubber to recover, while ISNR 20 lost on extremely low demand. The purchases from the general rubber goods sector kept ...
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TEA
Tea Board training workers to hike productivity
THE Tea Board is now running a workers' education programme to improve labour productivity in corporate and Government-managed estates in the South. With visiting foreigners being taken to small grower fields and bought leaf factories in ...
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METALS
Nickel touches year's low of Rs 675 a kg
NICKEL cathode prices in the domestic market touched the current year's low of Rs 675 per kg here on Tuesday mainly due to restricted demand from stainless steel units against limited but steady supply, trade sources said. Domestic prices ...
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BIO-TECH & GENETICS
TN farm varsity working on Bt brinjal
"The research work is based on supply of transgenic Bt brinjal by Cornell University and the Virginia Technology University, US, for transferring the Bt gene through conventional breeding methods into varieties evolved by Tamil Nadu Agricultural Univ ersity."
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FOODGRAINS
Rabi harvest in full swing
HARVEST of almost all pulses is in progress, while that of wheat is over in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. Harvest of gram and mustard, except longer duration ones, safflower and linseed is over, while that jowar, maize and bajra is on, ...
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COTTON
Cotton prices fall on increased supply
COTTON prices in the country have come down in the last one month, on increased supply, restricted buying interest from mills and expectation of imported cotton. Except MCU-5, the prices of major varieties, including Bengal Deshi, NHH, LRA and ...
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JUTE
Jute Packaging Order relaxed
THE Centre has amended the mandatory Jute Packaging Order, relaxing the jute-packaging requirement for foodgrains to 60 per cent and for sugar to 50 per cent. Till now, the entire foodgrain was required to be packed in jute bags, while the norm ...
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CONSUMER FINANCE
SBI loans for purchase of M&M vehicles
STATE Bank of India (SBI) and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) have come together to launch a finance product called Turbo Sapne. Under this scheme, SBI will extend finance for the purchase of commercial vehicles like soft tops, pick-ups, light ...
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Bank of India ties up with tractor cos
MUMBAI: Bank of India has entered into a tractor-financing tie-up with Punjab Tractors Ltd and Escorts Ltd. With this, the bank has enabled its farmer borrowers to avail themselves of a concession of Rs 4,000 on invoice value of the ...
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