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Utpal Bhaskar 11:49 PM | November 05,2009
IFFCO is considering the US, Australia and Africa to form farmer cooperatives for long-term pulses imports
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Shraddha Nair 12:17 AM | November 03,2009
Jain Irrigation Systems, the pioneer of drip irrigation in India ,is seeking to ride the next wave of growth in India, the theme of the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit, to be held in New Delhi on 8-10 November
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Soumendra K. Dash 09:03 PM | October 20,2009
Microfinance institutions need to have excellent systems to track the performance of their borrowers on a constant basis to reduce the probability of default
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Jacob P. Koshy 10:35 PM | October 19,2009
Currently, IMD gives a seasonal forecast in April and revises it in June
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09:37 PM | October 11,2009
If the government is keen to get banks to lend money to farmers, then it needs to do something about the lending practices of banks and not just appoint committees
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Liz Mathew 08:55 PM | October 11,2009
A prolonged dry spell has left the epicentre of farmer suicides in crisis again
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Rule of Thumb | Govind Sankaranarayanan 09:18 PM | October 08,2009
Climate change supporters rely on a moral high ground which seemingly pits climate change against industrial growth, as though the two are polar opposites
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Svetlana Kovalyova / Reuters 04:59 PM | October 08,2009
$20 bn a year needed to boost crop production alone; additional public investment needed for infrastructure; $29 bn a year must be invested in India and China
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Mark to Market | Manas Chakravarty, Mobis Philipose, Ravi Ananthanarayanan and Vatsala Kamat 10:45 PM | October 06,2009
Most of the large categories are growing well, with the exception of edible oils, which suffered because of lower prices
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Bloomberg 11:29 PM | September 24,2009
The nation received 22mm of rains in the week ended 23 September, compared with the long-period mean of 35.5mm
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Reuters 02:09 PM | September 23,2009
Another increase in the fixed price would encourage farmers to plant more wheat, which could help cover a shortfall in summer crops this year due to deficient monsoon rains
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PTI 08:07 PM | September 09,2009
The Punjab government looked forward for forging an alliance with the major Italian industrial units to add value addition to agriculture produce
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Penny Macrae / AFP 10:00 PM | September 03,2009
Commerce minister Anand Sharma asks member countries to remember that any new pact must help the poor
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Newswire18 10:00 PM | September 02,2009
In February, SBI had offered loans against cold storage and warehouse receipts at 8% for one year
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09:16 PM | September 02,2009
Like the World Bank, the Planning Commission should build comparable indexes on how easy it is for private investors to buy and lease land in various states, and how well rights are being protected by law
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