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Bengal heading towards self-sufficiency in grains
(3/16/04, The Hindu Business Line)
WEST Bengal is close to achieving self-sufficiency in
its foodgrains requirement with an estimated production
of 162 lakh tonnes in the current year.
`Farm export subsidies must be on per unit basis in WTO'
(3/16/04, The Hindu Business Line)
THE Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI) has emphasised the need for limiting
export subsidies on agriculture products on a per unit
basis in WTO, besides commitment in value and volume
terms.
Non-availability of ships hits corn exports
(2/26/04, The Hindu Business Line)
CORN (maize) exports from the country have slowed down
as global buyers are delaying taking delivery of their
consignments due to non-availability of ships.
On the other hand, a higher aflatoxin level is proving
to be a deterrent in entering new markets, according to
trade sources.
New chick-pea varieties to help curb pulses imports
(2/26/04, The Economic Times)
Alarmed over one million-tonne import of chick-pea
pulses and to promote crop-diversification Indian
Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has developed new
late-harvest varieties of the commodity.
Contract farming helps spread basmati aroma
(2/26/04, The Economic Times)
Contract farming by leading exporters and excellent
weather have boosted the quality and output of country’s
aromatic basmati rice, popular in the niche export
market. The country is likely to produce around 1.7 to
1.8m tonnes in ’03-04 (July-June) compared with last
year’s 1.3m tonnes of long-grain rice.
Nabard okays 62 Gujarat cold storages
(2/17/04, The Economic Times )
In order to encourage Gujarat farmers to adopt better
technology to preserve fruits and vegetables, the
National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development,
Gujarat zone, has sanctioned 62 cold storage projects
with a cumulative cost of Rs 76.50 crore.
SAARC nations impose ban on poultry imports
(2/17/04, The Hindu Business Line)
EVEN as officials of international agencies such as the
FAO and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that
the threat of bird flu would continue for the next
couple of months, health officials of the SAARC nations
on Monday decided to enforce a temporary ban on import
of live poultry, poultry meat products, egg and egg
products from the affected countries.
Broomrape weed threatens mustard crop
(2/17/04, The Hindu Business Line)
EVEN as the country is set to harvest a bumper rabi
mustard crop of around six million tonnes (mt) this
year, farmers here are a worried lot over the
infestation of a new weed, Orobanche ramosa or
broomrape.
Markfed in deal to export sweet onion to Germany
(1/22/04, The Hindu Business Line)
THE Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing
Federation Ltd (Markfed) has signed a deal with a German
company to export 20,000 tonnes of sweet onion, a top
official of the federation has said.
Sops likely for agri infrastructure investment
(1/22/04, The Hindu Business Line)
In a bid to boost infrastructure investment in
agriculture, the Government is planning to introduce a
capital subsidy up to 25 per cent of the cost of the
investment for setting up marketing and supply
infrastructure.
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