The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 01, 2002

ITC to set up aqua care centres in AP
ITC International Business Division (ITC-IBD), which has established Aqua Chaupals, is now planning to set up Aqua Care Centres (ACC) to help farmers in the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. One such centre would be opened in Kakinada around ... More

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RUBBER

Rubbermark exports 1,500 t
AS part of its efforts to increase the prices of rubber, the Kerala State Co-operative Rubber Marketing Federation Ltd (Rubbermark) has exported 1,500 tonnes of rubber so far. Presently, Rubbermark is exporting 10 containers of rubber from its ... More

Rubber prices slip
RUBBER prices slipped for almost all the grades consequent on very low buying support. Traders were looking for lower rates as they had only very low buying orders from the manufacturers. There was reasonably good supply. Sheet rubber RSS 4 fell ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

`Gene tech to give quantum leap to farm output'
`The new technologies have improved the understanding of how plants take up nutrients. Inducing the plants to intake nutrients reduces wastage and pollution from agricultural run-offs.' More

FOODGRAINS

Foodgrains report to be submitted next month
Mr Shanta Kumar said the Centre is considering withdrawal of powers conferred on States and introduction of direct income support to farmers instead of the existing minimum support price scheme. More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

`Globalisation may not yield desired results'
THE opening up of international trade is unlikely to deliver the promised goods, especially to the developing economies, according to Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang, Governor of Kerala. Inaugurating the 6th World Spice Congress here on Thursday, he ... More

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