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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Basmati growers rue supply of poor seeds
Jammu, May 18
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Free seeds for farmers in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: A State-level agricultural services extension campaign was launched at tribal-dominated Asawata village in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan on Saturday with a call made to the farmers to get the benefit of seed and fertiliser supply as well as the soil tests.
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New paddy seeds fail to impress farmers
While Department of Agriculture has introduced different types of high yielding varieties of paddy -- Jaya and Jyoti have not lost their popularity and are much preferred by the Goan farmers. For the last few years the department has been attempting to popularise Karzat-7, a high yielding variety from Maharashtra and also provide seeds at subsidised rate to farmers.
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Groundnut farmers face seed scarcity
Anantapur, May 16: Anantapur district has the largest acreage under groundnut in the country. For farmers in this district, groundnut is a preferred crop since it survives the rough terrain and the uncertainty of rainfall. The crop can withstand upto 50 days of dry spell.
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The Kernel Of Bad Ethics
The controversial Seeds Bill is lying in Parliament. It is anti-farmer, pro-industry and needs a drastic rewrite IF DISRUPTIONS over phone tapping and the India Premier League controversy had not taken Parliament sessions hostage, the Rajya Sabha may have passed the controversial Seeds Bill in the week of April 26, when it was slated to come up for discussion.
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Seed makers move court against AP order on Bt cottonseed price
Mahyco-Monsanto challenges State's move on royalty fee.
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Seeds industry unites, opposes move to check Bt cotton price
CARTELISATION among state governments to cap the price of Bt cotton seed has brought the domestic and multinational seed companies on a common platform to push for removal of all strictures on prices.
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Mahyco-Monsanto says it won't settle for lower royalty
Tells AP Govt that it will implement contracts on Bt cottonseed. K. V. Kurmanath Hyderabad, May 6 The war of words over the fixation of seed price and trait value for Bt cottonseeds has taken an interesting twist with Mahyco-Monsanto Biotechnology Limited (MMBL) asserting that it is not going to budge over the issue of trait value or royalty fee.
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Chhattisgarh bans Monsanto seeds
The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday banned sale of seeds manufactured by Monsanto company, as a US-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, in the state