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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KENYA
Africa is being targe ted by multinational corporations desperate for a market to sell genetically-engineered products which have been registered elsewhere. Liz Hosken of the uk- based
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The Seed Supremo
The Beej Bachao Andolan boasts of a collection of native seed varieties that could put any genebank to shame
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ALL IN A NAME
Seed varieties are named according to their inherent properties Traditional seed varieties are named either after their appearance or properties. One need not be a specialist to understand the characteristics of a particular seed variety. Some of the desc
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Seeds of discontent
Monsanto's experiments on "Bollard" cotton come underfire in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
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Unwelcome move
Brazil approves of transgenic crops
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Programmed to kill
Farmers of the world are under attack. A new technology threatens to make them totally dependent on multinational corporations
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Farmers in distress
A proposed new law threatens to abandon farmers to the tender mercies of seed corporations
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Gene against germination
A new genetic technology patented in the US that prevents germination of seeds saved from harvest, may pose serious problems for farmers. The new "Terminator' technology is potentially "lethal' and a
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Bangladesh: Seeds Rules, 1998
The Seeds Rules provides for the institution of the National Seeds Board, its function and tasks and all the related procedures dealing with: the registration of seed varieties; the Seeds Dealers; the
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Marking neem
Neem clones identified by Indian scientists will boost export of neem based products