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AQUACULTURE


Scampi culture in AP may be extended to more areas
SCAMPI (freshwater prawn) culture has made strides in recent times in the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and efforts are now being made by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) to extend the culture to Telangana and ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES


Amla cultivation on the rise
THE area under amla (Indian gooseberry) has been expanding rapidly in the last couple of years. From just about 3,000 hectares (ha) in the early 80s the area had stretched to over 25,000 ha in 2000. It has doubled to 50,000 ha in the last two ... More

POWER


Cong `firm' on free power to farmers
THE Andhra Pradesh unit of the Congress party is firm on supplying free power to the farm sector, should it be voted to power in the Assembly elections due in a year's time, and there is no going back on the promise, Dr Y. Rajasekhara Reddy, ... More

RUBBER


Ungraded rubber up on enquiries
RUBBER prices of all grades except ungraded rubber continued to stagnate on Monday. Though the arrivals were poor and transactions appeared to be thin, ungraded rubber managed to stay better by 25 paise at Rs 47.50 against Rs 47.25 on Saturday on ... More

PRECIOUS METALS


Go to Kerala for pure gold
THE glitter of gold may have little to reflect its purity. It is the integrity of the metal content, measured in karats that distinguishes its purity, and Kochi, the busy commercial city of Kerala has scored a high rank in the test for purity of ... More

COTTON


Monsanto turning into gene supplier
FIRST, it was the Jalna (Aurangabad)-based Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd's (Mahyco) genetically-modified (GM) Bt cotton hybrids — Mech-12, Mech-162 and Mech-184 — that received the nod for commercial cultivation in kharif ... More

TOBACCO


NEW TOBACCO LAW: IMPACT
Devil is in the detail, says tobacco industry
THE Rs 35,000-crore Indian tobacco industry, while appreciating the renewed efforts of Government to curb consumption of all tobacco products in the country, has expressed serious concern over some provisions of the Cigarette and Other Products ... More
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