The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Tsunami effect: Shrimp exports to US take a hit
WITH new reports on damages caused to the seabed, decrease in shrimp catch and major erosion in aquaculture production, the devastating impact of the tsunami is still being felt along the Indian coastline. "There has been a 30 per cent fall in ... More

AP fishermen to stage protest on Nov 21
TRADITIONAL fishermen in the State are planning to voice their protest against the Government policies at four places along the coast - Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam - on November 21, the World Fisheries Day. At ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

India to import onions from China, Pak
IN a bid to check spiralling onion prices, India will import 2,000 tonnes of onion from China and 650 tonnes from Pakistan, through the State procurement agency, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (Nafed). Onion imports ... More

PLANTATIONS

Govt urged to take steps to revive plantation sector
Structural changes will have to happen in the regulatory and legal structure binding the industry and in the development and marketing strategies. More

RUBBER

Rubber prices begin to pick up
SPOT rubber prices improved as sellers preferred to keep a low profile on Monday. Short supply due to heavy overnight rains and strengthening overseas markets helped the market to reverse the trend after the steep decline in the previous weeks. ... More

METALS

Surplus likely in copper next year
WILL the global copper market move into surplus in 2006 from a state of deficit in the current year? There is a strong possibility of this happening, experts believe. In the current year, both demand and supply side factors have played a role ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Fresh inflows driving down groundnut prices
GROUNDNUT prices may rule lower in the next few days in anticipation of an increase in fresh inflows in Gujarat and Karnataka, despite reports of good domestic demand. After having risen by over Rs 100 per quintal recently, groundnut prices in ... More

POULTRY

Govt to consider compulsory licensing of bird flu drugs today
TOP Government officials from the Ministries of Health, Chemicals and Fertilisers, Industry and Animal Husbandry are likely to take stock of the spread of bird flu in India and the availability of medicines on Tuesday. Speaking to newspersons ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

No case for cotton, sugarcane price hike
Instead of letting growers live in an artificial world of security, effort should be to make cotton production competitive by reducing production costs and improving quality. More

EVENTS

YSR to launch `Lab to Land' programme today
FACILITATING a dialogue between agricultural scientists and farmers, the Andhra Pradesh Government is launching an innovative `Lab to Land' programme on Tuesday. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, will launch the programme at the ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Canara Bank's `kisan kiosk' at Neyyatinkara branch
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Canara Bank has opened a `kisan kiosk' at Neyyatinkara branch, near here, for providing IT-enabled services to the farmers. This is the first of its kind opened by the bank in the entire country and the first in ... More

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