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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CLIMATE & WEATHER
Easterlies drive rain in South
Easterly winds packing a smattering of moisture have been causing scattered rainfall in extreme southern peninsula over the past few days. Convective activity may also have contributed to the denouement with some places in southern Tamil Nadu, ...
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CULTIVATION
Organic farming may ease farmers' debt woes
`Relief packages, loans alone cannot lift farm sector'
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Tata Tea to divest stake in northern operations
New entity to take over from April 1; focus on agri-products
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Increasing imports
LOW GLOBAL PRICES: A worker engaged in a ginger farm near Vadakumchery in Kerala's Palakkad district. Lower global prices have prompted traders to opt for imports. About 13,500 tonnes of ginger (fresh/dry) valued at Rs 15.25 crore were imported ...
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Capital's lifeline
MEETING DAILY NEEDS: For the ordinary as well as the well-heeled residents of Delhi, these trucks are a lifeline, supplying the bulk of their daily vegetable and fruit requirements. The Azadpur wholesale horticulture market - considered Asia's ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber rules steady
Physical rubber prices were almost unchanged on Monday. The market appeared to be losing its grip, as the buying from the major manufactures has been insufficient to trigger an uptrend. According to market circles, there were sellers in selected ...
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Rubber meet decides to step up exports
A meeting of exporters convened by Rubber Board decided to enhance the export of natural rubber from India making use of the present price advantage prevailing in the international market. Presiding over the meeting, Mr Sajan Peter, Chairman of ...
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SUGAR
Sugar industry: Looking for some sweetener
The sugar industry in the country, confronted with sugar prices that it says are the lowest in recent times and compressed margins, is hoping that the Budget will include a range of announcements on indirect taxes and direct taxes that are ...
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TEA
Tea Board gets applications from 300 cos for assistance
The Tea Board has already received some 300 applications from tea companies (out of a total of 700) for assistance under the newly set up Special Purpose Tea Fund (SPTF) to lift the tea industry's fortunes. Some 70 per cent of this 300 ...
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Orthodox dust tea dearer at Coimbatore sale
Offerings at the Coimbatore tea auctions improved marginally to 5.21 lakh kg last week compared with 4.89 lakh kg for the sale that concluded on February 9. Leaf grades accounted for 2.21 lakh kg of the total offerings and the rest was of the ...
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EDUCATION
`Technical study vital to help agri labour get jobs'
Agricultural growth in the country in future will depend on factor productivity and to secure and sustain this growth, great stress must be laid on technical training and education in order that the labour in agriculture is absorbed in ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Hatsun Agro targets 4,000 `pure' dairy farms
To reduce cost of milk production
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Nabard aid for TN projects
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has sanctioned Rs 525.78 crore to Tamil Nadu for six projects. According to a press release, the projects include drinking water supply, modernisation of school ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Castorseed production dips 15%, yield up 6%
Area under the crop declines 20%
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures gain
Pepper futures on NCDEX gained Rs 202 per quintal at Rs 12,861 on rumours that the Spices Board may revive the 7 per cent export subsidy, which was scrapped two weeks ago. Kapas and kapaskhali futures on MCX were up 1.57 per and 3.77 per cent ...
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GENDER
Gender bias `keeps haunting' women agri workforce
Even as the women participation in agriculture is poised to go up, the women workforce remained discriminated in the matter of farm wages, the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development, Ms D. Purandeswari, has said.. The ...
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COMMODITY MARKETS
Bill for FMC's autonomy to be tabled in Budget session
The Union Government is likely to table a Bill seeking more autonomy and powers for the Forward Market Commission in the Budget session of Parliament, its Member, Mr Rajiv Kumar Agrawal, said. Speaking to newspersons on the sidelines on the ...
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