The Government of Tamil Nadu is working to increase the earnings of coconut growers in the state and towards this purpose it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading FMCG company Cadbury India Ltd (CIL), at a ceremony in Tiruchirapalli on June 30, 2007. The Government of Tamil Nadu is working to increase the earnings of coconut growers in the state and towards this purpose it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading FMCG company Cadbury India Ltd...

Since apples represent about 80 percent of total domestic fruit production, the drop will negatively affect the whole sector. A bad fruit harvest is putting pressure on growers, who say they have little protection from losses during poor growing seasons, and has prompted some to seek better safeguards. The reason, Ludv k explained, is that the EU tends to prefer subsidizing tropical fruits such as bananas or lemons more than typical Czech fruit such as red currants or cherries. Around this...

Orchardists trucking in fruit to have something to sell. Apple growers are having fruit trucked in from Virginia and Pennsylvania, where there will be abundant crops this fall. Varieties may be limited and prices will be higher. Roberts says apples should start arriving in late August. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Chuck McSpadden at Apple Valley Orchards in Cleveland says growers won't make as much as they would selling their own fruit, but...

Whether it's making a special trip to a local farmstand or looking for the organic label in the supermarket, more people are looking for fresh food and locally produced food. He also sells his produce at his own farmstand. He and his wife, Betty, have ditched the produce aisle at their local supermarket for their weekly visit to the farmstand. Gagnon buys almost all her fruits and vegetables from local farmstands, rarely from a supermarket. Much of the produce in local supermarkets has...

The farmers will grow the cocoa plant as intercrop in their coconut groves and sell cocoa beans back to Cadbury India at the prevailing market rates subject to a minimum of Rs60 per kg for a period of five years. Cadbury India would provide technical assistance and farming literature to the cocoa farmers. The farmers shall be eligible for a financial assistance of Rs11,250 per hectare the following financial assistance for establishing the cocoa garden and 50 per cent of the unit cost for...