The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, April 19, 2003

AP: Tenant farmers seek rent waiver when crops fail
The FFA also called for disbursal of amounts to sugar cane growers under Formula L of the Bhargava Commission. More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Windfall for mango lovers
Prices of local varieties of mangoes have hit the rock bottom as traders are frantically liquidating stocks due to the truckers' strike.

TEA

Tea output up 7 pc; exports down 9 pc
TEA exports declined by nine per cent during the first two months of the year, while production looked up by 7 per cent during the period as compared to the same period last year. According to a Tea Board data, production increased to 35.6 ... More

Coonoor Q1 tea sales fall sharply
TEA auctions in Coonoor have witnessed a steep fall in patronage during the first quarter, raising genuine doubts if the auctions are losing their importance. In the first quarter, the volume sold declined to half - 77.2 lakh kgs from 1.45 ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Assocham seeks withdrawal of vanaspati duty
THE Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has urged the Government to withdraw the 8 per cent excise duty imposed on vanaspati in the Finance Bill 2003. In a statement, the chamber said that the current levy of 8 per ... More

COCONUT & COPRA

`Modern tech vital to sustain agro industries'
MODERNISATION of agro and rural industries (ARIs) by using appropriate technology, conservation of resource and adoption of eco-friendly strategies is the key to its sustainability. The major handicaps of ARIs, currently, were obsolescence in ... More

COFFEE

Coffee may rise on lower Brazilian crop
ALTHOUGH there is some concern that world coffee prices experienced a new downturn last month despite a general price recovery that commenced in September 2002, in the coming months the market has the potential to harden in the wake of lower crop ... More

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