The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Concern over spiralling wheat prices
WHEAT prices in the market have begun to rise alarmingly even before the season for harvest, arrival and procurement has come to an end. In the last 10 days, the price spike has been so sharp that serious apprehensions about the future course of ... More

CULTIVATION

`SRI method better for rice cultivation'
IT was a meeting with a difference. Around 48 paddy farmers from 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh met to discuss the merits and demerits of SRI method of rice cultivation. The facilitators were the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International ... More

Shrinking fields
Construction work in progress at Nedumbasseri near Kochi. The acreage under paddy cultivation has dwindled to half over the last four decades. According to Kerala Land Use Board, the acreage under paddy cultivation came down to 3,10,521 hectares ... More

AQUACULTURE

`Organic aquaculture key to growth'
WITH increasing purchasing power and heightened ecological awareness, the demand for organic aquaculture products by major importing countries such as the US and Europe have been on the rise. For India, if the marine shrimp exporter can get 25 ... More

POWER

Karnataka Govt order on illegal pumpsets
MANGALORE: The Karnataka Government has asked the farmers using illegal irrigation pumpsets to regularise their connections by May 25. A press release by the Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) Ltd said here on Monday that ... More

RUBBER

Rubber flares up on thin arrivals
SPOT rubber prices flared up further on Monday, supported by the covering groups and purchase agents amidst low arrivals. According to reports, most of the dealers and growers are still holding the stocks with a target of Rs 65 a kg for sheet ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

KRBL plans foray into seeds, rice bran oil biz
THE Delhi-based KRBL Ltd, producer of the India Gate brand of basmati rice, is planning to make a foray into the business of seeds, rice bran and furfural oil by the end of September, this year. According to Mr Anil K. Mittal, Chairman and ... More

EVENTS

ICAR to hold 2-day meet
HYDERABAD: The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will organise a two-day meeting beginning on May 20 to review the National Agricultural Technology Project. The review of the five-year-old project was aimed at launching the ... More

TRENDS

Talks on phosphoric acid rates fail — DAP supplies may dry up, warn fertiliser cos
THE latest round of negotiations between the Phosphoric Acid Consumers Group (PACG) and international suppliers failed to reach a decision on phosphoric acid prices for fiscal 2005-06. Last week, representatives from three main global ... More

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