The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 06, 2007

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
TNAU, Rasi Seeds tie-up for GM cassava
Coimbatore, Nov 5 Attur-based Rasi Seeds Private Ltd and the Tamilnadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have entered into an agreement to develop transgenic cassava resistant to mosaic virus.The tie-up, supported by the Department of ... More

ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
Kadapa to get R&D lab for animal husbandry
Hyderabad, Nov. 5 Andhra Pradesh, a major player in the poultry industry, is planning to set up a Rs 300-crore research and development laboratory on diseases that dogged the animal husbandry sector.The facility will come up at ... More

PULSES
COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Pulses market turning potentially explosive
On global grain prices, weak $, firmer ocean freight rates More

AWARDS & HONOURS
Dr Prakash gets M.S. Swaminathan award
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AQUACULTURE
Spencer’s ‘Live Fish’ counter
Kochi Nov. 5 The Spencer’s chain of retail supermarket is introducing possibly the first ’Live Fish’ counter in Kerala at the Daily store at Veekshanam, Kochi. The move is expected to satiate the avid sea-food lovers ... More

In for a leg-up
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INSIGHT
Banks must look beyond credit to help farm sector
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RUBBER
Mixed trend in spot rubber
Kottayam, Nov. 5 Spot rubber showed a mixed mood on Monday. RSS 4 hit the Rs 100-mark in the morning session as the international indices firmed up catalysed by a better trend in oil and gold futures. But the grade failed to hold on the gains ... More

TEA
Tea prices firm at Kolkata auctions
Last week, CTC teas at the North Indian tea auction centres at Kolkata, Siliguri and Guwahati met with very good demand and sold at all round fully firm to dearer rates with active support from the blenders and domestic buyers, according to J. ... More

Additional levy
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CASHEW
Cashew co launches dry roasted nuts — ‘R U Nutz’
The Karkala-based Bola Surendra Kamath & Sons – one of the biggest cashew manufacturers and exporters from Karnataka – is now targeting the domestic market with its value-added cashew product ‘RU Nutz’. The ... More

Bring cashew under farm export scheme, Centre urged
Cashew exports are engines of employment and this is what makes this industry very important to our country. It provides employment (direct and indirect) to about 10 lakh workers, 95 per cent of whom are rural women from the underprivileged ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
H1 spices exports top Rs 2,100 crore
Chilli, pepper shipments increase; cumin, garlic fall short More

World pepper output likely to drop in 2008
Demand-supply gap seen at 55,000 tonnes More

Pepper futures decline further
Kochi, Nov. 5 Downward trend continued in the pepper futures market on Monday also on bearish activities and lack of demand. Indian parity dropped to $3,850 a tonne (c&f), while all other origins reportedly remained steady at ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Farmers begin selling sugarcane below State advised prices
May shift to wheat as sugar prices decline to Rs 1,000 More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Weak cottonseed spot market hits futures
Mumbai, Nov 5 Following the weak spot market, Cottonseed oilcake (Cocud) futures on NCDEX hit the lower circuit at Rs 335 per 50 kg. “Cocud futures have taken a cue from the Akola spot markets where it fell by Rs 100-150 per tonne in the ... More

WTO
Doha Round: ‘New texts on market access, agriculture in 2 weeks’
New Delhi, Nov. 5 The prospect of a successful conclusion to the Doha Development Agenda Talks in the WTO is bright with member countries engaging in serious negotiations in the last couple of months. The “landing zone” for ... More

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