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INSIGHT: Sugar shortage to continue till 2011
Mumbai, Oct. 2 Sugar exporters around the world and speculators in the futures market closely watching developments in India have more than one reason to ...

CASHEW: Domestic demand for cashewnut on the rise
2008 consumption at 1.92 lakh tonnes outstrips exports. Mangalore, Oct. 2 It looks like India is emerging the global consumer No.1 of cashewnut beating the US, if the trend in its consumption is any indication. The ratio of export-domestic ...

EVENTS: ‘Time for agriculture to move into high-tech areas’
It is time to recognise that agriculture is a knowledge industry and move to high technology area that is also affordable to small farmers, according to Mr T. Nandakumar, Secretary, Union Ministry of ...

AQUACULTURE: Declining catch hitting seafood industry
Exporters seek deep sea fishing policy. Kochi, Oct. 2 After moving from one crisis to another due to external factors in the last decade, the Indian seafood industry is today confronting the most challenging times in its history, Mr Anwar ...

SEEDS: Area under poppy seeds likely to double
To meet growing demand, cut down imports. Kochi, Oct. 2 The Union Government is said to have granted permission to double the area for poppy ...

RUBBER: Rubber Board to give priority for upgrading quality of RSS-4 sheets
Kottayam, Oct. 2 The Rubber Board would give high priority for quality upgradation of RSS 4 grade sheets as it forms the main component for the manufacture of radial tyres brought out by the tyre companies. It is an important part of the ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: US agency puts Bay under cyclone watch
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 2 The Climate Prediction Centre of the US National Weather Services has put the Bay of Bengal under cyclone watch during October 7-12 due to what looks like an extension of linearly progressive turbulent weather from ...

WATER: Scenic beauty
The Kerala Sholayar reservoir, which is part of the multi-reservoir Parambikkulam-Aliyar Project of Kerala and Tamil Nadu Governments, looks calm and serene amidst the Sholayar forest, which is home to a host of wild animals such as elephants ...

WATER: Water storage position improves marginally
With rainfall being 39 per cent lower than normal last week, the storage position country’s 81 major reservoirs improved by a meagre 1.511 billion cubic ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: El Nino variant may work to India’s disadvantage
The central Pacific El Nino, rather than its better known cousin in the east Pacific, is predicted to become more frequent in the future to the disadvantage of ...

TEA: Chamurchi tea estate reopened
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