AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
PULSES
Chickpea replaces other cash crops in AP
Yield in the State double the national average
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INSIGHT
Agro-commodities — Power of the G and H factors
The grower lobbies and the health factor positioning are important vectors affecting the demand for agro commodities in an increasingly competitive global market. Together with pricing and incomes, they play a vital role in shaping supply, demand and trade, and give a complete picture of what the market for an agro commodity, can or will look like, says GIRIJAA UPADHYAY.
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COMMODITIES
Inflation rate dips to 5.77% on cheaper food products
Wholesale Price Index of all commodities unchanged
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Low-cost machine to extract banana fibre
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of the Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI), Rahajmundry, Andhra Pradesh, in a bid to empower women workers engaged in manual extraction of banana fibre (from the pseudostems) in all growing areas, has ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber suffers setback
Physical rubber market continued to shed its excess gains acquired during the past few sessions. According to an analyst, the market retreated as speculators exited after booking their profits at higher levels. RSS 4 moved down to Rs 84.75 and ...
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TEA
Mixed trend at Kochi tea auction
A mixed trend prevailed at the Kochi tea auction that had 9.44 lakh kg of dust on offer. Best CTC varieties remained steady while price of medium varieties eased by Rs 1-2. Orthodox high grown dusts were dearer, while medium orthodox remained ...
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WATER
Cauvery water issue
CAPITAL FLOW: Members of the Kaveri Krishna Horata Samanvaya Samiti staging a protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on Friday. They demanded that the Cauvery Tribunal Award should not be ...
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Vimal Oil and Foods net up 59%
Vimal Oil & Foods Ltd has posted a 33 per cent increase in net earnings and a 59 per cent increase in net profit after tax for the year ended March 31, 2007, over earnings and PAT achieved in 2005-06. The net sales income for the
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BIO-TECH & GENETICS
Speak on Bt ill-effects, Reddy told
The AP Coalition in Defence of Diversity (APCID), an association of non-governmental organisations, has asked the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, to present the Bt cotton disaster in the ensuing World Agricultural Forum ...
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COIR
Buoyant exports
AT ALL-TIME HIGH: Workers making coir ropes in Kalpeni island, Lakshadweep. Coir exports during the last fiscal touched an all-time high of 1,65,097 tonnes valued at Rs 595.22 crore. This is an increase of 21.37 per cent from the previous year's ...
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COFFEE
Café Coffee Day launches 20th outlet in Pune
Cafe Coffee Day today opened its 20th outlet in Pune - the first lounge outlet. On other plans, Ms Simran Sablok, General Manager, Marketing, Café Coffee, said the first outlet, set up in the city, has been redone and a sports bar has been set ...
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POULTRY
Pepper futures rule steady
Pepper futures ruled steady on Friday with marginal decline on reports of tight supply position and high speculation in the Vietnam prices. Reported non-availability in Vietnam buyers in Russia, the US, Europe, Pakistan and West Asia who were ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Summer rains bring no cheers to cardamom planters
Though there had been some summer showers last month in the cardamom growing regions, they do not seem to be enough to revive the plants, damaged by the unprecedented five-month long dry spell from mid-November last year. An estimated 30-50 ...
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GENERAL INSURANCE
AP launches pilot project in agriculture insurance
Announces 100% subsidy for horticultural crops
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Plan panel favours viable strategy for farm growth
Meeting on May 14 to draw a roadmap for 11th Plan
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Parliamentary panel for expediting fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers
`Plan must be linked with economic condition of farmers'
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CO-OPERATIVES
NCDC targets Rs 350-cr disbursal
The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) is targeting a disbursal of Rs 350 crore in Kerala in the current year as against Rs 310 crore last year. This emerged at the 31st meeting of the State Level Review and ...
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