Draft Seeds Bill, 2019
The revised draft Seeds Bill 2019, which the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare placed in the public domain recently for suggestions and comments, seems to be a watered down version of a draft
Seeds
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Bengal govt mission to make state self-reliant in seed production
The state agriculture department has undertaken a Seed Mission to make Bengal self-reliant in seed production. State agriculture minister Arup Roy claimed Bengal is the only state to go for such mission.
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Agriculture department fails educate farmers on spurious BT cotton seeds
HUBLI: State agriculture department seems to have not learnt lessons from the failures and sufferings of BT cotton growers of North Karnataka region. Neither it is making any effort to prevent farmers
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Slight increase in allocation for agri sector
The government proposed an allocation of Tk 12, 390 crore for the agriculture sector in the national budget for 2014-15 fiscal announced on Thursday. The amount of subsidy given to the key sector in
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Rs 1 billion set aside for food security
The government has allocated Rs 1071.300 million for Ministry of National Food Security and Research Division in its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2014-15 for various ongoing and new developmental
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Around 17,791.25MT cotton seed certified to enhance production
ISLAMABAD: Federal Seed Certification Registration Department is ensuring availability of quality cotton seed and has so far certified 17,791.25 MT seed to enhance production. This certification was 44.48
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Punjab shortlists Monsanto, two others to provide subsidised HYV maize seeds
The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday approved a proposal of the State agriculture department, which shortlisted Monsanto and two other companies to provide high yielding varieties (HYV)
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Govt releases Rs 750m for food security under PSDP
The government has so far released Rs. 750 million for various developmental projects of Ministry of National Food Security and Research under its public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the financial
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Court stops regulator from issuing licences for ‘modified’ seeds
The Lahore High Court has ordered the federal government to stop issuing licences for genetically-modified (GM) varieties of cotton or corn until a legal framework is put into place to assess the new types
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Miracle grow: Indian rice farmer uses controversial method for record crop
Bihari farmer produces bumper crop four times larger than average using system of rice intensification An Indian farmer has set a state and possibly a national record for growing rice using a neglected
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Vermont becomes first US state to require GM labelling for food
Vermont became the first state in the US on Thursday to adopt a law requiring labels for foods containing genetically modified ingredients. The state's governor, Peter Shumlin, announced on his Twitter