AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
PLANTATIONS
`Task force on arecanut waiting for Karnataka Cabinet nod'
APPROVAL of the State Cabinet is awaited for the formation of a task force on arecanut, according to the Principal Secretary, Horticulture, Government of Karnataka, Ms L. Shantha Kumari. Ms Kumari was inaugurating a national workshop on ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber prices unchanged
RUBBER rates were static on Monday. Both buyers and sellers kept on the sidelines waiting for the market to move according to their calculations. Tyre majors were reported to have given quotations at Rs 51.50 for sheet rubber but growers were ...
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SUGAR
Sugar likely to remain firm
Buying is seen increasing gradually this week.
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TEA
Tea industry seeks Rs 4,000-cr special fund to revive bushes
THE tea industry has urged the Union Government to set up a Rs 4,000 crore Special Purpose Fund for rejuvenation of tea bushes in North India. Mr C.K. Dhanuka, the out-going chairman of the Indian Tea Association, told the associations 121st ...
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Tea down at Coonoor sale
PRICES dropped on an average Rs 2 a kg, when a volume of 11.7 lakh kg was offered for sale at the auctions conducted by the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) here this weekend. The demand turned to be weak when the buyers complained of a ...
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WATER
Farm ponds for Nagapattinam
MADURAI: About 230 farm ponds are to be dug in Nagapattinam district. According to the District Collector, Mr Veera Shanmuga Moni, the `National Balanced Development Scheme' would be implemented by the Agricultural Engineering Department ...
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BIO-TECH & GENETICS
Efficient use of bio-tech in agriculture urged
DEVELOPING countries should look at efficient handling of biotechnology for agriculture growth to drive economic and social development. Biotechnology should be considered — with sufficient regulatory systems — as a component of crop ...
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COTTON
Global alliance mooted for genomic research of cotton
TEN countries worked together and invested Rs 800 crore for deciphering the structural genomics of rice. Much more money and effort is required for deciphering the structural genomics of cotton and this calls for an international collaboration ...
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COFFEE
Coffee seen stable on lower Brazil crop next year
GLOBAL coffee prices are heading towards "satisfactory" levels, tracking an anticipated drop in Brazil's output next year, said a senior official of the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) in Bangalore on Monday. Commenting on the market ...
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POULTRY
In troubled waters
Duck farmers in the upper Kuttanad area of Kottayam are worried over the outbreak of a new and unidentified disease among the flocks. The area has about 250 duck farmers who depend solely on duck farming for livelihood, owning between 2,000 and ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper prices decline
PEPPER prices fell sharply on excessive speculative position in exchanges at low level of margin since the beginning of this month. Spot pepper has dropped by Rs 400 a quintal. MG 1 was sold at Rs 6,300 and ungarbled at Rs 6,000 a quaintal on ...
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Vanilla growers open auction centres
PRESSURE from vanilla dealers could be overcome only by concerted moves of the growing community, Mr Benjamin Esso, State President of the Vanilla Growers Association, has said. The international price of vanilla remains high while the Indian ...
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IPR
Gene revolution and patent rights
IN THIS "International Year of Rice," India is being nudged by the US and its cohortsto take up genetically modified rice to "solve the problems" on the this cereal . The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, is ...
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