Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, July 05, 2005 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COMMODITY EXCHANGES `Allow banks to act as farmers' brokers in commodity exchanges' THE National Commodity and Derivative Exchange (NCDEX) has urged the Union Government to allow banks to act as brokers on behalf of farmers in the commodity exchanges. The formal request was sent to Union Ministry of Finance, Union Ministry of ... More FARM CREDIT SBI earmarks Rs 85 cr for farm sector loans in Mangalore region THE Mangalore Regional Business office of State Bank of India is planning to disburse Rs 85 crore to agriculture sector during the current financial year. Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmagalur, Shimoga, Hassan and Kodagu districts come under ... More CULTIVATION Kharif sowing may begin this week in Gujarat — 15% pre-monsoon sowing damaged KHARIF sowing is expected to begin this week in Gujarat, and about 15 per cent of the pre-monsoon sowing will have to be replanted, an official of the Department of Agriculture of the State said. Reports say about 80,000 hectares have been ... More AQUACULTURE 
Splashing successA fisherman handling small varieties at a pond on the outskirts of Kolkata. West Bengal is the top fish producer in the country for the last seven years and the Union Government has rewarded it with the best productivity award. Several steps ... More INSIGHT 
The contentious world of agricultural tradeAs efforts are on to kick-start the Doha Round of negotiations before the Hong Kong ministerial meet, agriculture has once again emerged as a stumbling block. It is now becoming clear that there are limited areas of actual agreement among countries, which now appear less convinced that a liberalised agricultural trade regime would really benefit them. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the historically evolved structures of agricultura l production and trade in the Asia-Pacific region to understand why. More FERTILISERS 
Pepsi extends focus to wet seaweedAFTER initiating contract farming for dry seaweed exports, Pepsi has extended its focus to wet seaweed, whose derivative is a liquid fertiliser that significantly increases yields of various plants. Trial results have shown that yields of ... More RUBBER Spot rubber prices recover SPOT rubber prices made a smart recovery on Monday. Covering groups and purchase agents were moderate buyers in major grades as most of the dealers and growers stayed back expecting the prices to flair up further. The Bangkok RSS 3 spot ... More TEA Bengal tea garden workers demand wage revision, threaten stir from July 11 THE Defence Committee of Plantation Workers Rights and the Co-ordination Committee of Tea Plantation Workers in West Bengal, who together represent 30 trade unions in the tea industry, have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from July 11, ... More SOFTWARE L&T software for monitoring irrigation projects in AP THE State Government has decided to outsource software solutions from L&T to strengthen its online monitoring of irrigation projects being taken up in the State. Announcing this here after a review meeting with officials on Monday, Mr Ponnala .. More BIO-TECH & GENETICS Next generation of GM crops likely to face more hurdles THE next generation of genetically modified (GM) crops is likely to face more controversy since it will relate to crops that are directly consumed as food by humans. Currently, the second generation of GM crops in the pipeline is drought and ... More FOODGRAINS Per capita cereal consumption drops 20 pc CITING NSS (National Sample Survey) data, an International Food Policy Research Institute paper states that per capita consumption of cereals in rural India dropped from 192 kg to 152 kg per year between 1977 and 1999, even as the consumption of ... More AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS 
Jayalalithaa for paradigm shift in farm policyTHE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, today expressed the need for a paradigm shift in the agricultural policy to attain higher growth trajectory. Expressing concern about the plateauing trends in the yield of rice and wheat and ... More
Jayalalithaa sanctions Rs 3 cr to TNAU MARKETING Mandi system to continue despite changes in agri-marketing law The market yard will always remain a physical meeting point for farmers. More NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES 10 new crop varieties released THE Agricultural College and Research Institute did not stop with the release of new crop varieties and farm implements this year. It went a step further by suggesting management technologies to contain post-harvest loss. Almost ten new crop ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Jun. 26-Jul. 2 `Cotton output to touch 250 lakh bales soon' Where conventional, organic, GM farms co-exist Protecting farmers from world markets Focus shifts to drought-tolerant, health providing GM crops Chances of El Nino event recede further Deficient monsoon hits kharif sowing Wheat prices: A calm before the storm? Pak likely to buy Indian sugar |
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