Agriculture
Timber trade wants inspection fee lowered
THE Rs. 2,000-crore indigenous timber industry is in dire trouble, following a recent notification by the Union Ministry of Agriculture steeply enhancing the inspection fee payable under the provisions of the Plants, Fruits and Seeds (Regulation of Impor ts into India) Amendment Order.

Aquaculture
Shift to scampi, AP aqua farmers told
AQUA farmers in Andhra Pradesh should take up culture of freshwater prawn with the advice of experts and the Government will extend all help to them, the State Fisheries Minister, Mr. N. Narasimha Rao, has said.

Commodities
More area under sugarcane this year likely
THE familiar two-year `sugar cycle' that has become a part and parcel of the industry in recent years may not manifest itself this time round, with the planting of sugarcane in the current season expected to maintain, if not exceed, its normal acreage le vels.

Corporate
Global Green to extend contract farming to TN
THE Bangalore-based Global Green Company Ltd (GGCL) belonging to the Thapar group plans to enter into contract farming in Tamil Nadu, according to its Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Debashish Mitra.

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