Agriculture
Irradiation tech raises storage value of spices
IRRADIATION has proved to be an effective technology to reduce microbial contamination and insect pests of spices.
Kharif oilseeds output seen marginally up
PRODUCTION of kharif oilseeds is expected to rise marginally this year to 116.32 lakh tonnes (lt) from last year's 109.43 lt, according to the Delhi-based VMA Oilseeds Research and Development Institute (VORDI).
A logi(sti)cal problem
T HE Kerala Marketing Federation (Kerafed), which recently got off the block marketing coconut-based products in cartons, is now worrying over a rather curious problem: How to shift its manufacturing base from Rajahmundhry in Andhra Pradesh to the origin
al land of coconuts, Kerala?
Woman farm worker drying jute in North Bengal
A woman farm worker throws up a bundle of `golden fibre' for drying at a canal near Jaladapara in North Bengal.
Commodities
Workshop on rainfed oilseeds output
HYDERABAD: A three-day workshop is being held here by the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) to review the results obtained so far by the National Agricultural Technological Projects (NATP) in refinement of rainfed oilseeds produc
tion systems.
Food & Dairy Products
`Tedious norms hit FDI in food processing'
PROF Chamanlal Gupta, Minister for Food Processing Industries, inaugurating the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) symposium on `National Task Force on Food Processing Industries', pointed out two major concern areas for the T
ask Force to take up in right earnest.
Tea
`Tea investment allowance will boost productivity'
THE decision of the Union Finance Ministry to allow a higher investment allowance for the tea industry would definitely enhance productivity and quality of Indian teas in the coming years, Mr K.M. Salim, Chairman, Tea Trade Association of Cochin, has sai
d.
US attacks may impact Indian tea trade
CONTRARY to common beliefs, the tea industry in the country cannot remain insulated against the aftermath of the terrorists' attacks on the US. Things would drift to worse if the US wages a war on Afghanistan.
