The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 30, 2005

`Coconut oil futures unable to serve their purpose'
FUTURES trading in coconut oil seems to have failed to achieve the expected results due to alleged anomalies in the trading. According to market observers, in the absence of transparency in trading and pricing in the spot market, the futures ... More

FARM CREDIT

ICICI Bank targets farmers with customised products
The bank is placing `farmer relationship managers' at taluka levels to develop special products for the farmers. More

RICE

After H1 bull run, rice exports may slacken
AFTER witnessing a boom in the first half of the current fiscal, rice (non-basmati) exports have begun to taper off on holidays and decline in prices of other origins. "India got an opportunity to export parboiled rice in the first half as ... More

INSIGHT

A case of the fence eating crop?
THE crisis that has been brewing in the sugarcane growing regions of Maharashtra has reached a stalemate. The Maharashtra Government has been insisting, all along, that no factory should pay more than Rs 850 per tonne ... More

RUBBER

Volumes low in rubber trade
A steady trend prevailed in the domestic spot rubber marketon Tuesday. Trading volumes declined further, as most of the market participants preferred to stay on the sidelines expecting revised quotations from major manufacturers. Growers and ... More

TEA

2nd lowest volume at Coonoor tea sales
THE second lowest volume for the year — 9.81 lakh kg of teas has been catalogued for the auctions to be held by the Coonoor Tea Trade Association on Thursday and Friday. The lowest volume of 9.66 lakh kg was offered on March 10. The ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Flowing production
A girl helping her parents by checking the lid of a milk can at a cooperative society milk collection centre in Kothamangalam near Kochi. India is the largest milk producer in the world with the output likely to touch 92 million tonnes this year. ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

AP mulls subsidy on interest on loans to marginal farmers
AFTER offering subsidy on interest on loans given to self-help groups (SHGs), the Andhra Pradesh Government is now considering extending the same facility to the small and marginal farmers. Announcing this at the 156th SLBC (State Level ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Farm Ministry favours FDI in post-harvest management
THE Union Government proposes to spend Rs 15,000 crore in the perishable sector as well as on the backward and forward linkages in horticulture, the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ms Radha Singh, said at the ongoing India ... More

EVENTS

Training in molecular biology application at Kottayam
DR K.V. Peter, Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, inaugurated the national training programme on application of molecular markers in plant genetic resource management in plantation crops at Kottayam, sponsored by the Department of ... More

OUTLOOK

Farmers' body: PMO should review farm activities
THE Confederation of Indian Farmers' Associations (COIFA), in a recent representation to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has called for a slew of measures aimed at achieving 4 per cent growth in agriculture in the next three years. The ... More

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