Agriculture
Promoting medicinal plants
GUJARAT Ayurved University, Jamnagar, has undertaken a project to promote awareness about medicinal plants among farmers and make them cultivate the plants on a large scale to meet the needs of the ayurvedic systems as well as to cater to the export requ irements, Dr. P.N.V Kurup, the Vice-chancellor of the university, has said.

Aquaculture
Exporters switching over to value-added products -- US team on visit to seafood units
THE seafood industry is going through a change with the exporters increasingly focussing on value-added exports rather than on bulk commodities. This is inevitable as the Indian players have neither the financial strength nor inventory holding power to s ustain in the commodity business. But this change will mean that quality will have to be a primary concern and the industry will have to toe the line laid down by the importers, according to industry representatives.

Rubber
Jan rubber output, consumption down
THERE was a fall both in consumption and production of natural rubber during January 2000 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, according to the Rubber Statistical News released recently.

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