AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
RICE
FAO sees record rice output, lower trade
ALTHOUGH the price strength gained by the world rice market since December last was somewhat tempered in May on release of government-held stocks by Thailand and China, the prospects for prices in the next few months are still positive as import ...
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CULTIVATION
MET SIGNS
Quick wilt guard alert in Kerala
WITH the southwest monsoon scowling and grimacing by turns in Kerala even as its northern limit readied to cross the North Indian plains, the Agromet Advisory for four days ending June 13 sought to raise the `quick wilt guard' for pepper gardens ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
ICICI Lombard weather cover for orange growers
ICICI Lombard General Insurance, in association with the Government of Rajasthan, has announced the launch of a comprehensive weather insurance scheme for the farmers growing oranges, to compensate them for losses due to deficit rainfall. ICICI ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber prices firm up
The covering groups and purchase agents continued to absorb the sparse arrivals amidst intensified rains all over the plantations. According to analysts, the market is heading towards the all-time high closing of Rs 67 recorded on June 10, 1995. ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Kurien renews crusade against NDDB joint ventures
ONE may call it Round Two of the spat between the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) over the latter's policy to forge joint venture marketing companies with various State ...
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Nabard eases norms for refinancing in Kerala
COTTON
New challenges ahead in bumper cotton season
Higher cotton crop size is largely due to increased sowing of Bt cotton seeds and according to trade estimates, this year a large quantity of uncertified Bt cotton seeds from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu origin are reported to have found their way into Pu njab and Haryana farms.
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Remove excise duty on refined edible oils: SEA
THE Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) has urged the Union Government to remove excise duty on refined edible oils. "While rest of essential commodities are exempted from the excise duty, refined edible oil is being singled out and ...
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IVOPA seeks 85 pc duty on palmolein
THE Indian Vegetable Oil Processors Association (IVOPA) has sought an increase in Customs duty on refined palmolein from the existing 70 per cent to 85 per cent, along with the imposition of a five per cent special additional Customs duty (SACD) ...
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CASHEW
Cashew axed from FDA list of `health' nuts
THE US Food and Drug Administration has excluded cashew from the select list of nuts that can reduce the risk of heart diseases. The health aspects of these nuts can be displayed on packaged labels. The FDA, which has just approved the first ...
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WTO
Focus on farm issues at Sao Paulo — India offers to host G-20 ministerial meet
INDIA and other major agricultural producers, the US, European Union, Brazil and Australia, discussed agriculture issues in the WTO negotiations, stating that any framework agreement to be evolved for Agreement on ...
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IPR
TNAU crop testing programme
COIMBATORE: In its bid to resolve issues that could arise with the implementation of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill (2001), the Government of India has sanctioned the DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability) ...
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