AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
`Researchers must provide economic data to farmers' — Task group formed to revamp agricultural research system
The fundamental thrust of the panel's work would be on how to make agricultural research more relevant to the farmer's needs.
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FARM CREDIT
Andhra Bank to lend more to agri sector
ANDHRA Bank believes that agriculture is a profitable business proposition and plans to aggressively expand its exposure to agriculture, according to the Chairman and Managing Director, Mr T.S. Narayanasami. Speaking to newspersons on Monday on ...
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Canara Bank loans for pomegranate cultivation in northern Karnataka
AT a time when bankers are concentrating on area-specific farm credit schemes to widen their agriculture credit portfolio, Canara Bank has taken a step ahead by launching a Rs 30-crore project for pomegranate cultivation in drought-prone taluks ...
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
MET SIGNS
Monsoon tentative; dry spell continues in Kerala
THE northeast monsoon made a tentative return to circulation resulting in feeble rain activity at isolated places in the southern districts in the State during the four-day period ending December 5. Otherwise, dry weather prevailed for the ...
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CULTIVATION
Watershed development scheme at Sivaganga dt.
MADURAI: The Kayangulam watershed development programme in Sivaganga district, funded by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), has helped to successfully turn more than 1,000 acres of barren lands into ...
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SEEDS
Weak trend may prolong in guar seed spot prices
GUAR seed spot prices may continue to rule weak in the next few days on restricted demand against increased supply. Guar spot prices at major trading centres - Jodhpur and Bikaner — have declined sharply by Rs 150 or 10 per cent to Rs ...
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INSIGHT
The price of rice
NOT many people may be aware that this year has been declared the International Year of Rice by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. This should strike a chord with Malayalees everywhere, especially in Kerala where ...
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FERTILISERS
FACT crisis likely to deepen as Kerala Govt turns down proposals
THE crisis in Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) is likely to aggravate following the State Government's reported decision not to accede to the demands of the premier fertiliser unit as part of its revival proposal. The State ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Fallen fruit
A pineapple vendor woos customers at the busy Vyttila junction in Kochi. Pineapple prices have hit a three-year low this season. The prices that were hovering around Rs 8 apiece last season have now fallen to Rs 3 for the best quality fruit in ...
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RUBBER
Tyre firms want subsidy on rubber exports to go
THE domestic tyre manufacturers have shot off a letter to the Commerce Ministry, making a case for the discontinuation of export subsidy on natural rubber after March 2005. The Government had extended the subsidy for natural rubber exports till ...
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Rubber prices rule steady
THE domestic rubber market maintained the steady trend on Monday. Scattered buying from the covering groups and purchase agents kept the sheet rubber price slightly high at Rs 50.25 (50) a kg, while the other grades closed unchanged on Saturday. ...
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FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
ALEAP to offer training in food processing tech
THE Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of Andhra Pradesh (ALEAP) is organising a 4-week entrepreneurial development programme (EDP) training on food processing for first generation entrepreneurs beginning December 15. The National Institute for ...
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GEMS & JEWELLERY
Rough diamonds to squeeze gem sector profits
THE country's gem and jewellery export industry faces the prospects of shrinking profit margins during the current fiscal mainly as prices of rough diamonds have gone up and price increases in cut and polished diamonds have not kept ...
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Japanese envoy for Icrisat meet
THE Japanese Ambassador to India, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, will be the chief guest at the 32nd Annual Day of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), to be celebrated between December 13 and 15. The theme for ...
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COTTON
Subsidy for exports — Global shippers may turn to Indian cotton
EVEN as the seed cotton (kapas) prices continue to tumble, efforts by the Union Government to give shape to its offer of an export subsidy for raw cotton may force some international cotton shippers and specific cotton consuming countries in the ...
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PEOPLE
Shamji is IPSTA chief again
KOCHI: The 44th Annual General Meeting of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association (IPSTA) here has elected Mr Kishor Shamji as President and Mr Ajay Agarwal, Vice-President. It has also elected nine directors to the IPSTA board, an ...
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