Agriculture
Virus-afflicted saplings ruin banana yield
BANANA production is increasingly being affected due to the growing menace of pests and diseases.
Aquaculture
Shrimp exports to Japan -- Indonesia earns more despite low volumes
FOR the second year in a row, India has overtaken Indonesia and emerged as the single largest exporter of shrimp to the Japanese markets.
Commodities
Maize mela begins in Bangalore
THE five-day National Maize Mela, the brainchild of the Karnataka Government to increase consumption of maize and liquidate the piling stocks, was inaugurated in Bangalore on Wednesday.
Export curbs on raw cotton lifted
THE Centre has completely freed exports of raw cotton. Exporters would no longer have to obtain any certificate from the Textile Commissioner on the registration, allocation, quality and quantity of export.
Food & Dairy Products
IBR vaccine for dairy herds developed
THE BAIF Development Research Foundation, a voluntary organisation involved in integrated rural development, has developed a vaccine, effective against Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) - an infection which is reported to have attacked over 30 per
cent of the dairy herds across the country.
Plantations
Coir Board venture with IPITI
KOTTAYAM: Coir Board will implement a collaborative research project with Indian Plywood Industries and Training Institute (IPITI), Bangalore to develop a commercially viable technology for moulded tray from coir non-woven felt.
Rubber
UPASI `shocked' at ATMA's move to import rubber
THE United Planters' Association of Southern India (UPASI) has voiced serious concern over the decision of the domestic tyre manufacturers to import rubber under open general license (OGL) at landed cost that would be costlier than domestically procured
rubber of similar quality.
Sugar
TN Co-op Sugar Fedn tender evokes poor response
BUYERS have quoted low offers for the Tamil Nadu Sugar Co-operative Federation's tender to sell an unlimited quantity of sugar for export in order to cut its bulging stocks.
