Fall in groundnut yield

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March 30 , 2009

Fall in groundnut yield

PUDUKOTTAI: Groundnut growers of Alankudi block near Pudukottai have suffered a serious loss due to fall in yield of the crop raised during the ‘Karthigai pattam’ season. The yield has depleted by about one-third of their no= rmal harvest of the produce this season in the block.

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Biogas-based power unit proposed in Dindigul farm=

MADURAI: A 10-kW Biogas-based power generation unit has been proposed at a Dindigul = farm by the Madurai Division of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). =

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/03/30/stories/2009033057170300.htm

Activist calls for protecting rights of traditional forest dwellers

Udhagamandalam: The Wildlife (Protection) Act should not infringe on the rights of the traditional forest dwellers particularly the tribals, said the noted Chandi= garh-based environmentalist and social activist Madhu Sarin while speaking to pressper= sons here on Sunday

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/03/30/stories/2009033050290300.htm

Mechanisation fast catching up among farmers in delta areas<= o:p>

MADEPALLI (WEST GODAVARI DT.): For Vannemreddy Ramu, a paddy farmer from this habitat= ion on the peripheries of Kolleru, the ‘magic machine’ chugs in the much-needed relief from acute shortage of farm hands in the current rabi. <= b>

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/03/30/stories/2009033053030500.htm

Organic coffee floors international experts

ARAKU: An international jury comprising six foreigners and an Indian was thrilled = by the distinct flavour of organic coffee grown in the Araku valley.

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/03/30/stories/2009033052990500.htm

Worrying trends in global trade

Even though the IMF and other world bodies had anticipated a fall in world trade this year as a consequence of the deteriorating global economy, few expected the decline to be as sharp as the one projected by the WTO in its latest re= port

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/03/30/stories/2009033053081000.htm

Moving away from an agro-economy

Many ideas have gripped the attention of the middle-class intelligentsia since the 1991 reforms and are expressed periodically in seminars and drawing-rooms of the elite.

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Mar302009/editpage20090329126924= .asp

International=

White House Announces International Meetings to Address Ener= gy and Climate Issues

The meetings, to be held in Washington in April and in La Maddalena, Italy, in July, will seek to resolve longstanding issues that have blocked the development of an international climate treaty.

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