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The Ministry of Agriculture and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will form a Knowledge Initiative Board to encourage joint research in agriculture. Yellow leaf syndrome virus attacks sugarcane in AP (8/9/2005, The Hindu Business Line) INCIDENCE of yellow leaf syndrome virus attacks in sugarcane have been reported in at least two places in the North Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh. China wants to import more Indian black tea (4/3/2005, The Economic Times) China is keen to import more Indian black tea and even help leading Indian firms to set up manufacturing plants in the country, while seeking New Delhi’s assistance in setting up tea auction facilities here, Chinese tea industry officials said. No surcharge on tea; zero excise duty on oil, vanaspati (2/28/2005, The Economic Times) The surcharge on tea has been removed and there would no longer be excise duty on edible oils and vanaspati, government on Monday proposed in the Budget. Bengal heading towards self-sufficiency in grains (3/16/2004, 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. Sops likely for agri infrastructure investment (1/22/2004, 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. Farm ministry wants states to upgrade labs (10/11/2003, Business Standard) Most of the testing laboratories operated by state governments for detection of spurious pesticides were in bad shape and in no position to detect pesticides. Oil stays above $30 on supply fears (10/11/2003, The Economic Times) Oil prices held above the $30 mark on Friday as the International Energy Agency warned of potential supply tightness heading into the northern winter. Wheat's struck off the menu as prices spiral (10/11/2003, The Economic Times) The government is forcing consumers to eat less wheat by rationing it through prices. Last October, you got 15.3 kg wheat for Rs 100 in Delhi. This year, despite a good harvest, it won’t fetch you more than 13.5 kg. Centre may buy 20 mt wheat in '04-05 (10/10/2003, The Economic Times) The Centre is likely to procure around 20 mt (200 lakh tonne) of wheat in ’04-05. The food ministry has projected this based on the expected increase in production. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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