The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 31, 2004

AQUACULTURE
Cup corals identified in Gulf of Mannar
MADURAI: Researchers of the Fisheries College and Research Institute at Tuticorin have identified two abnormally huge cup corals belonging to the species, Tubinaria undata, around the Gulf of Mannar. The identified cup corals measure 72 ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Defying to survive!
A vendor awaits customers at the Mango Mandi, in Palace Grounds, Bangalore. Mango merchants and traders continue to defy the High Court directive, which has ordered them to shift mango trade to Singena Agrahara near the Electronics City. ... More

TEA
Tea volumes up at Coonoor auction on export demand
EXPORTERS helped the market to sustain when an increased volume of over 10 lakh kg of teas was offered for sale at the auctions conducted by the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) here. Iraq, which had announced its decision to buy almost 9 ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Consolidation in cotton futures
NYCE cotton futures ended slightly higher on Friday, due to speculative and options related buying as market participants geared up for a long holiday weekend. The cotton futures and options market will be closed Monday for the US Memorial Day. ... More

COTTON
Cotton acreage seen up 10 pc this season
THE area under cotton is likely to rise by 10 per cent during kharif sowing mainly on farmers' hope that demand and prices will be high like last year. ``Sowing is nearing completion in North India and it has begun in other places. Our findings ... More

COIR
Coir Board aims at Rs 1,000-cr exports
AS part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2004 the Coir Board is preparing a vision document for the development of the coir sector aimed at raising the exports of coir and coir products to Rs 1,000 crore by 2008-09. Addressing a press ... More

EVENTS

Seminar on organic farms in Vayalar

NATURAL CALAMITIES
Reddy assures help to AP farmers
THE Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, on Sunday while assuring of Government help to the farm sector, appealed to the political parties, intelligentsia, Government employees and particularly those in the local bodies, to ... More

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