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
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Identifying options for the development of sustainable seed systems: insights from Kenya and Mali
This paper results from a study that was commissioned to contribute to the Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI). The overall purpose was to propose an agenda for supporting
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Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution
Speed breeding means that it is now possible to grow as many as 6 generations of wheat every year -- a threefold increase on the techniques currently used by breeders and researchers. Credit: John Innes
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NaCCRI to set up indigenous seed banks
Experts want to give people a chance to choose what they prefer to grow and to eat. Maizeseedsfinal 703x422 The National Agriculture Resources Researches Institute (NaCCRI) has embarked on setting
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Seed Co unveils new vitamin A hybrid maize seed
Malawi’s leading certified crops seed company, Seed Co has introduced a new Vitamin A Bio-fortified Orange hybrid maize seed in response to the climate change that has resulted in most farmers harvesting
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Agrifood atlas: facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat
<p>This new report shows the dramatic impacts of the global food system being rapidly monopolised by ever-fewer, ever-larger corporations at every stage of the food chain. It warns that this alarming trend poses risks to consumer choice, jobs and working conditions and food production in the future.</p>
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Government to phase out importation of seeds
With effect from 2018, the Government will not buy soya seeds from outside the country and will, by the end of the next year, completely halt importation of wheat. The development was revealed by the
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Kochia (Kochia scoparia) emergence profiles and seed persistence across the Central Great Plains
<p>Timing of weed emergence and seed persistence in the soil influence the ability to implement timely and effective control practices. Emergence patterns and seed persistence of kochia populations were
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USAID-Ghana rice project promoting food security, incomes in Upper West Region
The US Agency for International Development, Ghana Mission (USAID-Ghana) is providing new technologies and improved seeds to boost rice production to promote food security and incomes in Upper West Region.
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Temperature variability is integrated by a spatially embedded decision-making center to break dormancy in Arabidopsis seeds
<p>Both plants and animals make decisions in response to the environment to maximize their fitness. Plants use dormancy in seeds to move through time and space, and timing of the transition to germination
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Uttarakhand farmers resist genetically modified tide with local seeds
UPLI NAGNI, TEHRI-GARHWAL: The words 'seed capital' take on a whole new meaning in the hills of Uttarakhand. Far from the networks of seed corporations, farmers here still do agriculture in the traditional