Agriculture
NAFED to buy 5 lakh t kharif oilseeds
THE National Agriculture Co-operative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) expects to procure five lakh tonnes of oilseeds under the Centre's Price Support Scheme (PSS) during the coming kharif marketing season.
Aquaculture
Seafood irradiation unit in AP or Orissa
THE location for the country's first seafood irradiation centre has narrowed down to a choice between Bhubaneshwar in Orissa and Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
Information kiosks for fishermen soon
INFORMATION `kiosks', the one stop place to access a variety of data are all set to get into a specialised mould.
Commodities
Extra-long staple cotton intake may top 3 m bales
WORLD consumption of extra-long staple (ELS) cotton is expected to exceed the three-million-bale-mark for the ensuing 2001-02 cotton marketing season.
Plantations
Need to set up turmeric `polishing' centres
KOTTAYAM: There is a need to set up turmeric processing centres within regulated markets in Tamil Nadu to enhance both product quality and grower returns, according to a recent study conducted by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
ICO workshop on e-commerce and coffee
MUMBAI: Leading representatives from the area of electronic commerce will be speaking at the International Coffee Organisation's (ICO) Workshop on `Electronic commerce and coffee' to be held in London on October 2.
Rubber
Call to modify rubber Act
IN a representation to the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Murasoli Maran, Capexil has pointed out that giving legality to minimum price of natural rubber and go-by to the market mechanism of demand-supply would put the rubber industry (parti
cularly the non-tyre sector) in great difficulty. This could adversely affect the overall export performance of the rubber products segment, including tyres.
Rubber Board venture in Tripura
KOTTAYAM: Rubber Board in collaboration with the Tribal Welfare Department of the Government of Tripura is implementing a series of block planting programmes in the tribal areas of the State.
Sugar
Centre averse to sugar buffer stock plan
THE Indian sugar industry is concerned over the falling demand for the commodity particularly when production has been very high resulting in heavy carry-forwards. It wants the Union Government to create a buffer stock utilising the Sugar Development Fun
d (SDF) but North Block officials feel the move may discourage millowners from exporting their produce and sending it to the buffer stock instead.
Tea
Tea Board warns trade against manipulation
TEA Board has warned the trade against market manipulation and advised it to gain credibility.
`Prudent strategies boost Lankan tea export'
FRIENDLY Government policies, good infrastructure, best packaging and transparent auction system have helped the Sri Lankan tea industry to stay in the forefront despite the country's dependence on exports, Mr Dickie Juriansz, Chairman of brokers James
Finlay, said at session on tea at the recently-held UPASI annual conference in Coonoor.
