AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT
Banks to draw up special farm credit scheme for Kerala
All eligible farmers will be issued Kisan credit cards to ensure easy access to credit facilities.
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Canara Bank to fund small farmers buy KAMCO tillers
CANARA Bank has signed a pact with power-tiller maker Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation Ltd (KAMCO) to finance small farmers to buy KAMCO tillers, a bank news release said. According to the pact, Canara Bank would now be the preferred ...
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AP urges ryots to press for more aid from banks
THE State Government has asked the farmers to step up pressure to prevail on the policy makers to increase the 18 per cent limit set by the Reserve Bank of India with regard to banks' support to the agriculture sector. Addressing the fifth ...
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CONTRACT FARMING
Bengal not to allow contract farming
THE West Bengal Minister for Agriculture, Mr Kamal Guha, on Wednesday made it clear that the Left Front Government would not allow "contract" farming in the agriculture sector by private corporate houses. He said the contract farming was ...
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RUBBER
Rubber prices fall marginally
RUBBER prices declined a tad influenced by the daily variations in climate on Wednesday, though the covering groups and purchase agents were present in the market. Sheet rubber lost 25 paise a kg to close at Rs 66.75 against Rs 67 on ...
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SUGAR
Indian sugar output may weigh on global market
THE average price of sugar in the global market is expected to rise during 2004-05 (October-September) on lower production in India and Thailand. According to the Australian Bureau of Agricutural and Resource Economics (Abare), the rise in ...
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TEA
Small tea growers seek special finance scheme
THE Nilgiris Small Tea Growers Association has appealed to the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, to instruct banks to implement the Special Tea Finance Scheme throughout the country. Mr M. Bhojarajan, the President of the association, ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
MDFL pulls out of JV with Milma
MOTHER Dairy Foods Ltd (MDFL), a subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), on Wednesday called off its joint venture with the Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma), citing `continuing discordance amongst the milk ...
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Plea to beef up Nabard
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A delegation of All-India Nabard Employees' Association (AINBEA), led by its President, Mr Harish Rawat, Member of Parliament, met the Union Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr Sharad Pawar, and requested his ...
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POULTRY
Fresh working capital sought for poultry farmers
THE National Egg Co-Ordination Committee (NECC) has urged the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to reschedule loans and to extend fresh working capital credit to the poultry farmers who have suffered heavy loss on account of a steep fall in ...
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NECC to get maize directly from FCI
FOOD Corporation of India (FCI) has offered direct allotment of maize to the National Egg Co-ordination Committee (NECC) for supply to its member poultry farmers. The offer comes on a request from the NECC and the necessary quantities would be ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Cardamom recovers on short supply
CARDAMOM prices improved marginally on short supply at auctions held in Kerala and Tamil Nadu following suspension of auctions on account of thin arrivals. Only three companies had conducted auctions last week out of six. Now one of the two ...
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