Mayhap punctuation took root in the punch bowl.
Byline: Sid McKeen COLUMN: WRY AND GINGER Back when I was in school, sometime around the invention of the wheel, teachers made a big thing out of inventors and their inventions. Except for Edison and a few others, I've long since forgotten most...

CTRI develops varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia.
Byline: Raghu Krishnan MYSORE: The Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) has evolved new high-yielding varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia (smoked in cigarettes) tobacco. Some 30,000 of the 40,000 hectares in AP's northern black soil, central black soil and southern black soil will be sown this year with the...

Bengal plans pineapple auction centre, potato export facilitation.
Byline: Ratna Ganguli KOLKATA: West Bengal, which is the largest producer of pineapple and the second-largest producer of potato in the country, is all set to beef up the logistics support system for the two prime agri commodities at pre-harvest and post-harvest stages. Talking to ET, the...

Kutch farmers prosper with cotton.
Byline: RR Goswami AHMEDABAD: It is not only rapid industrialisation after the earthquake, but also diversification in crop pattern from traditional crops to cotton that has helped Kutch to become prosperous. This year, cotton sowing has covered more than 65,000 hectares compared to about 58,000...

NTA reports high tobacco prices; Higher than floor prices reached at conference.
Byline: FREDDIE G. LAZARO VIGAN CITY -- "Tobacco growers will be richer this season as a result of the continuous increase in the buying prices of flue-cured Virginia tobacco leaves," a leader of the country's largest group of tobacco farmers said. Carlos Cachola, who is...

Arvind Lalbhai, king of denim, passes away at 89.
AHMEDABAD: Arvind group chairman and doyen of Indian industry, Arvind Narottam Lalbhai, died here on Friday morning at the age of 89. The patriarch, who had been ailing from spinal cord related problems for past three months, was not just known for as an eminent industrialist but...

Agritechnica 2007: The World's Leading Exhibition for Agricultural Machinery in Hanover, Germany November 13 - 17, 2007.
FRANKFURT, Germany, January 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Agritechnica is the world's top farm equipment show. Its gates open to an international public November 13 to 17, 2007 in Hanover with two Preview Days November 11 and 12. Agritechnica exhibitors feature the highest proportion of globally operating manufacturers and authorized importers....

Palay production right on track -- DA.
The Bagong Buhay Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BBMC) in Mabini, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija thanked the Department of Agriculture (DA) led by Secretary Arthur Yap for carrying out an array of timely intervention measures during the dry spell. In thanking the DA, the cooperative's members said the agriculture department's...

Tobacco farmers welcome industry summit.
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur -- Tobacco farmers have expressed their readiness to attend next month's summit and seminar on good agricultural practices (GAP) as they welcomed the opportunity to learn new ways to improve their crops. The summit, organized by the National Tobacco Administration (NTA), aims to raise...

Bacterial pathogens recovered from vegetables irrigated by wastewater in Morocco.
Introduction An increase in consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables worldwide has been paralleled by an increase in the number of foodborne illnesses attributed to fresh products. Numerous reports have indicated that raw vegetables may harbor potential foodborne pathogens (Beuchat, 1996). In particular, tomatoes, cantaloupes, and sprouts...