The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 04, 2005

Bengal bid to improve goat husbandry practices
THE West Bengal Animal Resources Department today signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bharatiya Agro-Industries Foundation (BAIF) of Pune and JRD Tata Trust for promoting goat keepers and helping them to organise themselves ... More

AQUACULTURE

Ban on fishing at Gangavaram village draws flak
THE order issued by the District Collector, Mr Praveen Prakash, this week banning fishing at Dibbapalem and Gangavaram villages to facilitate construction of a private port has come in for widespread criticism. Traditional fishermen, political ... More

Highway bonanza
A fisherman casts his net on the flooded Changanacherry-Alappuzha road for a good catch. The entire Kuttanad area has been flooded by heavy rain in the past week. Agricultural loss in Alappuzha district has been estimated at Rs 2.25 ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Problems of plenty
With all routes to Mumbai waterlogged, vegetables from Karnataka meant for the megapolis are being transported to the Hyderabad wholesale markets.

PLANTATIONS

Mangalore-based co-op takes to retailing arecanut
AT a time when import of arecanut is affecting the domestic market, a Mangalore-based agriculturists' co-operative has begun retail marketing of arecanut with an aim to protect the market. The Mangalore Agriculturists' Souharda Sahakari (MASS) ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices dip on global uncertainty
SPOT rubber prices declined further on Wednesday. Though the overseas futures were in passive mood and there was an almost steady close in major indices, the domestic markets shed the gains in the absence of quantum buyers as the uncertainty in ... More

TEA

Brokers' indecision holds up tea futures take-off
THE futures trading in tea does not seem to be taking off as brokers, the major players in the tea trade, are yet to decie on their participation in the Upasi Commodities Exchange Ltd (UCEL). It is understood that the brokers, who had not ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Coffee in next leg of price rally
Short-term view: After a sharp correction, CSCE Coffee futures price appears to have commenced the next leg of the upward move. It appears on course to move to the target zone of 150-160 cents (per pound) mentioned earlier (edition dated ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

Nabard to continue `carrot and stick' policy on resetting rates — Seeks Rs 14,000 cr from Govt to offset loss
THE National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) will continue to reset its rates for select States, ones that are willing to meet stiff conditions set by it. In the process, it will take a hit. Meanwhile, it has sought about ... More

COTTON

Upside potential for world cotton market
AFTER a year of record crop and large stocks, global production and consumption of cotton are projected to be in a state of fine balance in 2005-06. The world cotton market would primarily be driven by China whose imports are forecast to ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Area under soya may be down: Sopa survey
THE area under soyabean this year has declined by three lakh hectares (lh) compared to last year, according to preliminary estimates by the Soyabean Processors Association of India (Sopa). According to the estimates, soyabean has been sown in ... More

COFFEE

Parliament panel moots MSP for coffee — Calls for `massive' subsidy for plantations, small growers
THE Standing Parliamentary Committee on Commerce has suggested massive doses of subsidy for coffee plantations and small growers in order to make its export a profitable proposition in the wake of adverse external factors and lack of cost ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Price-monitoring fund coming for uncovered crops in AP
THE State Government will soon set up a price-monitoring fund to offer minimum support price (MSP) for crops not covered by the Centre. The MSP, however, is to meet the production cost of farmers. Crops such as chilli and tomato will be ... More

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