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 prepared about nine years ago by the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Among other things, …
Plant will manufacture agricultural implements, hydraulic reversible plough, seedbed preparation implements, cultivators & disc harrows Germany based Agro equipment manufacturer Lemken GmbH & Co. KG has set up a manufacturing plant in Nagpur with the investment of Rs 60 crore. The plant will manufacture agricultural implements, hydraulic reversible plough, seedbed …
Ranchi, Oct. 15: The agriculture department today became the first state government wing to delegate financial and administrative powers to panchayati raj institutions, about two years after the Arjun Munda government conducted rural polls in Jharkhand. Defining the jurisdictions of elected village bodies, the state cabinet made it clear that …
If seed becomes a monopoly in the hands of a few multi-national corporations, it would mean destruction of biodiversity, said activist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva, calling upon people to join hands in the fight for freedom of seed. Addressing an impressive gathering at the ongoing People’s Biodiversity Festival (PBF) at …
The Andhra Pradesh Government will probe the reported attack of sucking pests on Bt cotton in some parts of the State. The Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana has directed the officials to initiate a probe by the scientists of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University (ANGRAU) on the reported damage of Bt …
To enhance per acre yield and encourage diversification of crops, the Haryana government is providing subsidy on certified seeds. A spokesman of Haryana Seed Development Corporation (HSDC) said farmers of four districts —Kurukshetra, Karnal, Kaithal and Panipat — were being provided with seeds on subsidised rate for Rabi crops. He …
Government has failed to provide quality Basmati seed to the farmers, thus creating aguish among the farmers community. This was alleged by Choudhary Dev Raj, president, RS Pura Rice Growers Association, during a press conference, here this afternoon. Choudhary Dev Raj said that the Basmati seed 370, which has been …
This global citizens' report published by Navdanya, depicts concentration and restrictions in the global seed sector as a result of IPR regimes and corporate convergence. Focuses on the need to stop seed laws that are preventing farmers from saving and exchanging their native varieties. A global citizens' report on 'Seed …
SRINAGAR : Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today equated agriculture development with prosperity, adding that use of high yielding and disease resistant seed varieties have revolutionized farm production and productivity universally. He said that adoption of modern cultivation practices have given additional boost to agricultural activities ensuring increased and quality production. …
GUWAHATI: State Agriculture Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka has requested Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to enhance the subsidy to at least 50 per cent for hybrid rice, high yielding varieties of paddy and pulse seeds under the scheme like National Food Security Mission (NFSM) as the Centre has been providing …
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre’s (BARC) nuclear technique for agriculture, particularly in creating new genetic variability in crop plants has been a success. Radiation and chemical-induced mutation and subsequent use in recombination breeding at BARC has, till date, resulted in the release of 39 improved crop varieties in oilseeds and …
Karnataka Krishi Mission is planning to earmark Rs 150 crore to improve the quality and quantity of seed production in the State. “There is an urgent need to improve the seed production in the State. “The State has consistently failed to meet its own needs. “Hence, a sizeable budget is …
France is to maintain a temporary ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Saturday, dealing a blow to farmers and seed companies who say the move is unjustified and economically harmful. The ban, which targets Monsanto's MON810 maize, the only genetically modified organism …
Officials said the aim was to ensure availability of farm produce across the country at affordable prices The Union ministry of agriculture has planned to ask for a Rs 5,000-crore budget during the 12th five-year Plan (2012-17) for a scheme to allow private companies to collaborate with farmers to produce, …
Farmers under the banner of Kuttanadu Vikasana Samithy (KVS), an NGO, will petition the Chief Minister on Thursday to protest against what they term as ‘infringement on the rights of farmers’ when government subsidy goes only to those who buy seeds from the State Seed Authority. Subsidies routed In a …
New Delhi Four states — Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan — have declared drought in over 390 talukas as so far and central teams will visit these states to assess the situation, Parliament was informed on Friday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said …
Four new varieties of seeds, two each in wheat and barley, developed by the Agriculture Research Station (ARS) at Durgapura near here, have been approved for country-wide introduction. The All-India Wheat & Barley Improvement Research Worker’s meet, which concluded here the other day, approved a total of 10 varieties developed …
“Direct sowing is the way out in times of delayed water release and scarcity’’ As acres and acres of untilled land dot the tail-end of the Delta this year, there lays a tilled stretch of some 20 acres in Madapuram in Thiruthuraipoondi, bordering Nagapattinam, in the first and the only …
Jaipur: Rajasthan shall be declared a ‘genetically modified-free’ state like Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Kerala, a few non-governmental organizations demanded on Thursday. The matter was raised during a round table on ‘Towards Community Seed Self-Reliance in Rajasthan’, which was organised by CECOEDECON and Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA). …
Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana is a leading a delegation of farmers’ leaders, politicians and non-governmental organisations to New Delhi to bring pressure on the Union Government to make amendments to the Seed Bill. The Bill, pending for several sessions, is likely to be put on the agenda this …
Farmers To Get Seeds, Fertilizers Worth . 1500 Free Gandhinagar:As a sop to farmers hit by water scarcity across the state, the Gujarat government has implemented a new scheme to encourage cultivation of fodder. Under the scheme, the government is providing fodder seeds and fertilizers up to Rs 1,500 free …
