Agriculture
France buys soyameal -- EU ban triggers flood of enquiries
WHILE the European Union (EU) ban on the use of meat-cum-bone meal in ruminant feed may improve the overall marketing prospects of soyameal, the development is likely to help India at least to a limited extent in selling soyabean extraction to European d estinations if the flow of enquiries being received is any indication.

Research project to evolve Vit A-fortified mustard -- TERI, Monsanto, Michigan varsity ink pact
EVEN as efforts to bring in technology to genetically produce Vitamin A enriched rice have raised a controversy, a joint venture to produce Vitamin A-fortified rapeseed-mustard has been inked between the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), Monsanto an d the Michigan State University (MSU).

Domestic animal diversity under threat, warns FAO
IN the past 100 years, the world has already lost about 1,000 breeds, even as every week the world loses two breeds of its valuable domestic animal diversity and 1,350 breeds face extinction, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned in its latest edition of the `World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity'. The study was co-published with the UN Environment Programme.

Aquaculture
Indian trawlers line Myanmar coast
THE Indian deep sea fishing industry's foray into foreign waters initiated two years ago is poised for further expansion and consolidation.

Plantations
Kerala planters plea for higher import duty
SUSPENSION of duty-free import of plantation crops for one year, increasing the customs duty on tea and coffee to bound rates as per the norms of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and export of natural rubber to Russia under debt repayment scheme are so me of the suggestions made by the Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) to tide over the problems plaguing the plantation industry in the south.

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