AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
NMCE launches futures trade in menthol crystal
Ahmedabad, Sept. 18 National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) on Monday introduced futures contract in menthol crystal.As per the approval of the regulator, Forward Markets Commission (FMC), NMCE has launched futures contracts in three ...
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
India to have world’s best Met services system by 2013: Sibal
Rs 900-cr package awaits Cabinet nod
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CULTIVATION
India’s opium report card ‘clean’
‘The Government can be correctly proud of its diligent law enforcement agencies’
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AQUACULTURE
‘Seaweed cultivation a lucrative option for women’
Madurai, Sept 18 Female members of the families of fishermen can easily earn good income by cultivating seaweed, according to Mr Madasamy Sakthivel, President of the Aquaculture Foundation of India.The Gulf of Mannar, with an area of ...
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Glitnir Bank to look at eyes Indian seafood sector
Glitnir Bank, a leading financial institution in Iceland, is keen to explore the possibility of investments in India particularly in the fisheries sector. "We are looking at India as a strategic location and talking to several players in the ...
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INSIGHT
The travails of wheat procurement
It was by coincidence that I read the news about the Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar’s statement abandoning all plans for import of wheat on the very day I received a typed demi-official letter from him stoutly making a case for ...
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Nurturing farm productivity
One of the major reasons for the poor yields is inefficient fertiliser use and poor cultivation practices leading to imbalanced nutrition.
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FLORICULTURE
Neha International acquires Globeagro Holdings
Hyderabad, Sept. 18: Neha International Limited, a city-based floriculture company, is acquiring the Mauritius-based Globeagro Holdings for a consideration of Rs 41.32 crore.The Mauritius company has management control of three ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber moves higher
Kottayam, Sept. 18 The rubber prices moved up catalysed by the sharp gains in TOCOM. According to sources the international trend setter moved up mainly following the gains in oil, gold and other major commodity futures and its October futures ...
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TEA
Sluggish demand affects Coonoor tea
Coonoor, Sept. 18 Prices continued to decline at Sale No: 37 of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) last weekend with the excess volume of 40,000 kg over the previous week finding it hard to fetch buyers. “Browner teas lost ...
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Lower demand for orthodox dust at Coimbatore sale
Coimbatore, Sept. 18 Total offerings at the weekly tea auctions held here on Friday amounted to 5.60 lakh kg of which leaf grades accounted for 1.49 lakh kg and the rest was of the dust.On the orthodox leaf category, the Nilgiri whole ...
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COIR
Coir workers suffering from occupational diseases
Kochi, Sept. 18 A large number of coir workers in Kerala’s Alappuzha district suffer from lung and chest problems, besides falling easy prey to epidemics such as viral fever and chikungunya.A majority of the six lakh coir workers ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Speculation helps pepper futures rebound
Kochi, Sept. 18 Pepper futures market bounced back on Tuesday on speculative activities and on realisation that the rumours about fall in Brazil prices on Monday were false.However, the high volatility continued to drive away the ...
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COMMODITY MARKETS
Continuous arrivals keep local wheat prices soft
Ample supplies, lack of demand from mills also factors
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
AP hopes new airports will boost agri exports
Hyderabad, Sept. 18 The Andhra Pradesh Government is pinning hopes on the upcoming airport at Shamshabad and the proposed international airport at Visakhapatnam to give a boost to its agricultural exports. Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief ...
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