The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 27, 2003

Organic farming drive in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Department of Agriculture will formulate a separate scheme for promoting organic farming in the State. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by the Agriculture Minister, Ms K. R. Gowri, which ... More

AQUACULTURE

Kerala Fisheries Minister calls meeting
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Minister for Tourism and Fisheries, Prof K. V. Thomas, has convened a meeting of Members of the Legislative Assembly and Parliament representing coastal areas in the State for inviting their suggestions on ways to ... More

PLANTATIONS

`Good scope for organic farming in Nilgiris'
NILGIRIS has the potential to be converted into a fully organic farming district, Mr C. Ramasamy, Vice-Chancellor, Coimbatore Agricultural University said. Addressing a seminar on Organic Farming in the Nilgiris, Mr Ramasamy said that ... More

Planters seek cut in ST, power charges
THE plantation sector, while welcoming the Centre's timely intervention with a package of concessions to bail out the ailing sector from total collapse, is grieved by the `unconcerned' attitude of the State Governments. The industry feels that ... More

RUBBER

Rubber market at its bullish best
THE rubber market opened on a firm note on Monday as the world market continued to send strong buy signals both fundamentally and technically. Traders were absorbing the arrivals expecting better rates ahead. The export buyers and the covering ... More

TEA

Upasi opposes mandatory tea sale through auctions
THE United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) has taken strong exception to the proposed move by the Tea Board to introduce 100 per cent mandatory sale of tea through auctions. In a memorandum submitted to the Union Commerce and ... More

TN plantation workers unite
PLANTATION workers in the State have decided to come under a common banner - `The Tamil Nadu State Tea Plantation Workers Federation'- which would henceforth take collective action on matters concerning the plantation workers. A joint ... More

Good demand for dusts at Kochi tea auction
A MIXED trend persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Though the dust sale witnessed a good general demand, it was comparatively low for leaf varieties. Of the quantity of 9,11,000 kg on offer in the dust category, ... More

COTTON

Global cotton output to trail offtake
GLOBAL cotton production will trail consumption for the second year in a row. Cotton prices have firmed up in recent weeks despite a forecast 7.4 per cent increase in output and a mere one per cent increase in consumption for 2003-04. The ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Chilli export turns cold on stiff competition — H1 spices shipments decrease in value, volume terms
LOW prices and high production in other producing countries have made the Indian chilli, fenugreek etc, non-competitive in the world market during April-September 2003-04, pushing the country's spices exports down both in volume and value. The ... More

EVENTS

German agri fair to highlight Indian farm equipment market
IN spite of the setback to the Doha round of negotiations at Cancun over agriculture issues, farm machinery and equipment manufacturers of major European countries, the US, Canada are understood to have agreed in principle to promote India as one ... More

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