The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 12, 2007

FLORICULTURE
Weaving a network of herbal nurseries
The society proposes to undertake cultivation of medicinal plants in a hundred households in the Balaramapuram region on a promotional basis. More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Raisin farmers await retail support
With raisin production showing every sign of flying into an air pocket, farmers from the raisin belt of the country are awaiting the arrival of marketing gurus to help them catch the thermal. The Tasgaon-Sangli-Pandharpur belt of Maharashtra ... More

Reliance Retail begins procurement in Kerala
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TEA
Coonoor tea prices up
Auctions held manually as e-auctions failed More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Gold could test resistance
Gold futures ended higher on Friday, boosted by surging oil prices and fund buying. Gold had been strongly correlated to the oil price since the beginning of this year, a trend which, is expected to continue unless the dollar moves significantly ... More

Palm oil may test support again
Malaysian crude palm oil futures ended higher supported by strong CBOT soya oil futures. Markets have been nervous ahead of the export and output data due next week. The state-run Malaysian Palm Oil Board will release palm oil output, export ... More

Fundamentals unlikely to impact gold
Risks to the upside in crude market appear real More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Apeda plans to outsource some core activities
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) has decided to restructure the organisation on the basis of focus products and markets, and is mulling options such as outsourcing some core activities, ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Sharp fall in pepper futures' turnover
The sharp fall in turnover in the pepper futures market last week indicates lack of interest in the small and medium players. During the week, the NCDEX turnover dropped by 1,86,750 tonnes to 1,34,924, while on NMCE, it fell by 34,549 tonnes ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Tea exports touch 200 mkg after three years
Production scales another peak of 955.9 mkg More

CO-OPERATIVES
NCDC aid to AP set to cross Rs 1,000 crore
The total assistance from the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) to Andhra Pradesh is set to cross the Rs 1,000-crore mark by the end of March.Cumulatively, NCDC has provided a total assistance of Rs 939.19 crore to the State at ... More

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