The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 26, 2006

Australian wheat sent for tests to CFTRI
Samples from the 36,100 tonnes of wheat, which arrived from Australia to the Kochi port has been sent to the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, for testing. It is mandatory that all food items arriving at Indian ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Rain deficit shrinks to 1 per cent
Monsoon peaks in north-west More

CULTIVATION
Dipping acreage
SHIFTING PREFERENCES: Groundnut being packed at a shop in Thrissur in Kerala. Kharif oilseeds acreage has declined by over 10 lakh hectare (lh) and most of this is on account of the decline in groundnut sowing from 53.54 lh last year to 43.23 lh ... More

FLORICULTURE
Apeda submits proposals to boost floriculture exports
Based on inputs from A.F. Ferguson & Co More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Infrastructure gaps bug mangoes export to Japan
DESPITE BEING POPULAR More

Voltas ties up with Besseling Group
The Tata Group-owned Voltas Ltd has entered in to an agreement with the Netherlands-based Besseling Group to deliver turnkey solutions for storage of horticulture produce. The strategic partnership between the two companies ... More

PLANTATIONS
`Plantation sector's future is in R&D'
Jairam Ramesh calls for investments, technology adoption to rejuvenate the sector More

RUBBER
Spot rubber suffers setback
Spot rubber prices retreated further lacking solid support from the consuming sectors. Hopes on enhanced arrivals following bright weather kept the covering groups and purchase agents rather inactive. There were scattered buying on sheet rubber ... More

COTTON
`Practise precision cotton farming'
Cotton farmers should plan their crop cultivation just like the industries design their products suiting to the market, Dr C. Ramasamy, Vice-Chancellor, Tamilnadu Agricultural University (TNAU), said. Participating in a training programme on ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Karnataka to set up AEZ for vanilla
The Karnataka Government is setting up an Agri Export Zone (AEZ) for cultivation of vanilla. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between the Agricultural & Processed Foods Exports Development Authority (Apeda) and the ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
ITC aims to cover 1-lakh villages thru eChoupal
Helps farmers to access crop-specific real-time information More