The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 05, 2006

AQUACULTURE
Aquaculture centre at Kakinada
Authorities are taking steps to set up the National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NCSA) here and the Union Government has sanctioned Rs 6 crore for the purpose. Mr M. Subrahamanyam, Collector of East Godavari, said that ... More

PESTICIDES
Market-ready microbial insecticide developed
`Knock WP' ready for commercial exploitation More

RUBBER
Supply fears buoy spot rubber
Tight supply concerns continued to attract fresh buying and short covering in spot rubber. According to sources, the main marketing centres witnessed acute scarcity of sheets as most of the dealers sold their stocks in the bear phase. Covering ... More

WATER
Cauvery delta farmers unhappy
The farmers of Cauvery delta region were disappointed over the Union Government's decision to extend the term of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal by six months. According to the Trichy District Delta Farmers' Welfare ... More

COTTON
LRA-5166 cotton price may rise to Rs 2,050/qtl
The market intelligence cell of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies (CARDS) has said the price of kapas (raw cotton) (LRA-5166) is likely to rise by October from the current price quote ... More

Syngenta, Super Spinning in pact for cotton project
Aims at improving yield per acre, quality; helps to cut production costs More

POULTRY
Suguna Poultry Farm to get $30 m IFC fund
Suguna Poultry Farm will receive about $30 million (Rs 139 crore) as one time payment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for capital expenditure and as working capital to support its expansion plans for this year. The payment will ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Madagascar crop to keep vanilla prices low
Indian output likely to be over 200 tonnes this year More

Investor interest shifts to jeera, pepper futures
Investor interest now seems to have shifted from pulses and foodgrain to commodities like jeera and pepper in the futures market. Trading is at an all-time high or close to it, and both have been witnessing volatile price movements from ... More

Pepper futures rebound
Pepper futures witnessed an upward trend on buying support on Friday. The bearish sentiments, which gripped the market in the past few days, seem to have been unable to sustain. There were no sellers for both futures and spot. All the ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Sugarcane SMP fixed at Rs 80.25/qtl
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has fixed the Statutory Minimum Price (SMP) of sugarcane for 2006-07 sugar season at Rs 80.25 a quintal for a base recovery rate of 9 per cent subject to a premium of Rs 0.90 for every 0.1 ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Basmati industry smitten by renaming bug
Companies undergo name change in bid to convey `new business focus' More