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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Hybrid maize seeds inferior to desi ones: Report
JAIPUR: Preliminary study by civil organisations has shown that the state's special project of free distribution of hybrid maize seeds to farmers in the hopes of a rich harvest might have gone awry. The seeds have provided less than promised yields and, in many cases, they have not germinated. The state government through funds from the National Agriculture Development Programme and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) has been promoting hybrid maize seeds to the tribal farmers on a large scale since 2009.
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Banking against Doomsday
Gene banks represent an overdue push to preserve crop biodiversity. It also needs conserving on farms. WITH a heavy clunk, the steel outer doors of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault closed on February 28th,
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Gujarat bats for Bt cotton seed price regulation
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government wants the price of Bt cotton seed to be regulated and put under its control despite opposition to it from the country's top seed producing companies. Intervening in a debate in the state assembly, state agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani blamed the Centre for "supporting the seed companies", who are part of the National Seed Association of India (NSAI), the apex organization representing the Indian seed industry with more than 250 companies as its members.
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Zero deficit budget caters for aam aadmi
No fresh taxes except on tobacco products y VAT on cooking gas, fertilisers goes y Sops for IT, science, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today presented a "zero deficit" budget for 2012-13. Except
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Radiation technique helps improve 39 crop varieties
Radiation and chemical-induced mutation and subsequent use in recombination breeding at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has resulted in the release of 39 improved crop varieties in oilseeds and pulses
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Govt asked to ban genetically modified seed
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should impose immediate ban on the genetically modified seed of maize and others distributed by an American company in the province. This was demanded by the office-bearers
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State of Indian agriculture 2011-12
<p><span id="itro1">This State of Indian Agriculture 2011-2012 released by the Agriculture Ministry calls for wide-ranging reforms in agriculture sector to enable it to meet the growing demands and meet
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Class-Action Lawsuit Against Monsanto Is Dismissed
A federal class-action lawsuit brought last year by a consortium of farmers against the agricultural and chemical company Monsanto was dismissed Monday by Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of Federal District
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Seeds Of Change
Competition is tough in the seed market, which may explain why marketing gimmicks are often used to woo farmers. It’s tougher still for the farmers to get compensation when the claims fail and they are
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Monsanto Settles U.S. Chemical Pollution Lawsuits
Monsanto Co said on Friday that it had settled a long-running legal battle with residents of West Virginia who claimed they suffered environmental and health problems tied to pollution from a former Monsanto