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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Formulation of national seed policy stressed
Speakers at a daylong workshop here on Monday stressed the need for formulating National Seed Policy to ensure quality seeds production, distribution and thereby enhance crop yield in the country. "National Seed Policy and enabling environment are the prerequisites for ensuring development of seed industry in the country," they observed and stressed upon the government to focus on commercial seed production programme for ensuring vibrant agriculture.
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Crisis of T-aman seed hits farmers Poor farmers in Narsingdi
The poor farmers in different upazilas of Narsingdi are facing uncertainty over cultivation of transplanted aman paddy this year due to acute shortage of seeds. The farmers, particularly in char areas of the district, are yet to collect seeds of T-aman paddy in the peak season due to crisis of seeds, local sources said. Everyday, several hundred farmers are crowding the BADC godowns for seeds but most of them return home disappointed, they said.
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Let's salute farmers who cultivate risk
THE one thing about India that leaves the world continuously gobsmacked is the country's boundless entrepreneurial spirit. Stories about legions of intrepid souls who dared to dream and gave shape to those visions are now part of corporate folklore. And, size is not the only distinguishing factor. The same courage and will to build something of one's own exists across the scale, whether it is the drive to set up a successful cottage unit, or to stake a lifetime's savings to buy some machinery for a small scale unit, or to make that leap of faith and go for size.
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State Pulse: Madhya Pradesh: Seed restoration
Waterless wheat makes central India 's farmers smile - Savvy Soumya Mishra Time was when Malwa, a region spanning central India , grew wheat that required no irrigation. What it required instead was careful nurturing of the soil to retain its moisture. That was then. Soil preparation began months in advance; chemical fertilizers were unknown and green mulch was the principal soil nutrient.
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Law to check spurious seeds on the way
The government is considering legislation to check the sale of spurious and substandard seed to farmers. The farm authorities are facing problems in regulating the supply of seed as the existing law is inadequate and full of loopholes. The Centre had introduced a Bill to replace it four years ago but it had not been passed till date.
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Seed restoration
Waterless wheat makes central India
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Farmers' suicide and debt waiver- An action plan for agricultural development of Maharashtra
In the context of an alarming increase in the farmers’ suicide, the Government of Maharashtra announced a Special Package of Rs. 1,075 crore for six districts of Western Vidarbha (December, 2005). Subsequently,
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State Govt seeks to regulate sale, price of cotton seeds
Ordinance allows govt to appoint controller, stop exploitation of farmers by traders IN a move aimed at preventing the exploitation of farmers by cotton seed traders who sell seeds including transgenic (BT) cotton'' seeds at high prices, the Maharashtra Government had issued an ordinance which seeks to regulate the supply, distribution and sale of cotton seed by fixing its maximum sale price.
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Africa, not MNCs, will help Africa
AKINWUMI A ADESINA Vice-president, policy and partnerships,Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Though AGRA says it is supporting small farmers, Annan held a separate meeting with private players, including the International SeedFederation and the International Fertilizer Association , and not with civil