The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 07, 2002

Incubator facility soon at Icrisat
AN agri-business incubator to provide new technologies and to commercialise ideas is to be set up at the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) soon, according to Mr B.P. Acharya, Secretary of the Department of ... More

AQUACULTURE

`Hatcheries must be brought under MPEDA control'
EVEN as a delegation is set to leave to resolve the issue of the rejections of Indian shrimp for antibiotics in the EU, the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) has expressed concern that some hatcheries in the country could be using ... More

RUBBER

Rubber firm on poor arrivals
THE rubber market firmed up further on Friday with all grades improving on poor arrivals. Sellers and tyre companies continued to stay away. Buyers covering immediate needs dominated the scene quoting rates at higher levels. Though the ... More

TEA

July tea output declines
TEA output in July declined to 102.4 million kg (mkg) compared to 112.3 mkg during same period last year. The total tea output from January-July was also down 23.4 mkg to 387.1 mkg. According to a Tea Board data, tea production in the South ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Kerala milk producers hit by cheap imports
MILK producers in Kerala are in the grip of a major crisis following the flow of large quantity of milk from outside the State at lower prices. According to a survey, the State produces 20.61 lakh tonnes of milk per annum. The production, ... More

COTTON

Global cotton prices seen hit
INTERNATIONAL cotton prices are projected to remain well below the long-term average for the fifth consecutive season in 2002-03 even as supplies are likely to be down and consumption up. Supply and demand estimates suggest that the Cotlook ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Govt mulling futures in crude palm oil — Curbs to go on forward trading in 81 items
THE restrictions on futures trading on a range of commodities are likely to be lifted and futures trading in crude palm oil is under consideration, according to Mr Anand Kumar Bhatt, Chairman, Forward Markets Commission (FMC). Addressing a ... More

Vanaspati producers for monitoring Nepal imports
THE Indian Vanaspati Producers' Association (IVPA) has urged judicious monitoring of zero duty imports of vanaspati from Nepal under the recently introduced tariff rate quota (TRQ) regime. Under the TRQ regime— instituted as part of the ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Cardamom output seen down 20-40 pc
CARDAMOM production during the current season is likely to decline by 20-40 per cent due to the vagaries of weather. Kerala produces around 70 per cent of the total estimated 10,000 tonnes of cardamom production in the country and the rest ... More

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