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, …
New Delhi Since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) cotton crop, which accounts more than 90% in the total area under cotton in the country, there has been a fear of genetic erosion and loss of biodiversity, a group of reputed cotton breeders have expressed. While acknowledging the fact that …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday slammed the Government for misleading the farmers on the supply of certified seeds. Though the Government fixed a target to supply 6.12 lakh quintals of quality seeds to the farmers during this kharif, it only provided 4.19 lakh quintals. While there is good …
During the late 1950s and early 1960s food deficits India has been requiring importation of 3 to 4 million tons of grain per year. However because of bad monsoons in 1965 and 1966, imports exploded unpwardly to 10 million tons, and India was in dire straits. It was during this …
Independent India inherited a structure of landholdings characterised by heavy concentration of cultivable areas in the hands of relatively large absentee landowners, the excessive fragmentation of small landholdings, growing number of landless agricultural workers, and the lack of any generalised system of documentary evidence of landownership or tenancy.
Since the late 1980s, technological advances and policy reforms have opened up new opportunities for growth in India’s seed and agricultural biotechnology industries. The impacts of such changes have been significant in India’s cotton sector, but less so for the country’s main cereal crops, where both yield and output growth …
European investigators fitting together the puzzle pieces of devastating E. coli outbreaks in Germany and France cautiously identified a likely source on Wednesday: contaminated fenugreek seeds from Egypt. Officials also said that the seeds seemed to have entered Europe through a single German importer, which acted as a distributor to …
Ten months after Rajasthan signed its extraordinary memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with seven biotech seed companies, the state government finds itself caught in a cleft stick. Owing to a series of protests by farmers’ organisations, the government has thought it prudent not to execute the MoUs. At the same time, …
Seed is the only part of the agricultural chain that is growing at 20% a year and is insulated from both government subsidies and weather vagaries. And, in the clamour for higher yields and greater farmer acceptance, seed companies are hitting a sweet spot in innovation, reports Nidhi Nath Srinivas …
The French authorities said Sunday that the latest outbreak of a deadly strain of E. coli in Europe appeared to be isolated, even as European Union officials discussed wider action to restrict sales of bean sprouts, the suspected cause of the outbreak. Seven patients remained hospitalized Sunday, said V
Farmers in the state will be able to talk directly to the Cooperative Minister over the issues of seeds and fertilisers. Cooperative Minister Gaurishankar Bisen, while giving instructions to officers to ensure storage of adequate quantities of seeds and fertilisers for the ensuing kharif crops, also instructed to display the …
Under the Mukhyamantri Peyajal Yojna, a sum of Rs. 32 crore 59 lakh was sanctioned for 29 tap-water scheme from B.R.G.F at the district planning committee meeting chaired by Minister of State for Home, Jail and Transport Narayan Singh Kushwah at Shivpuri the other day. At the meeting, progress of …
A community based seed producing project has been launched costing Rs 5 million, to overcome the shortage of seeds for farming in the country, Hadabima Authority Chairman, Nandasena Herath told the Daily News yesterday. He said that the seeds the farmers presently used, were imported hybrid seeds and farmers faced …
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Government, which always stands by the farmers in their difficult times, has provided a total loan of ` one thousand 717 crore to the farmers at the rate of one percent for their agricultural activities in this Kharif season. Interestingly, more than one hundred crore as loans …
With the postponement of a crucial meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) which was to deliberate on field trials of genetically modified seeds, the decision on their commercial release may be delayed further, possibly until the next kharif season. The proposed 110th meeting of GEAC, scheduled for Wednesday, …
High-tech seeds and innovations in chemicals and farming will not be enough to solve looming food shortages for the world, according to a report issued Tuesday by a committee formed by food and chemicals conglomerate DuPont. Billions of dollars in private investment, government incentives and charitable work must be funneled …
A target has been fixed to distribute 50 thousand agricultural implements among farmers of the state for smooth sowing operations during ensuing kharif season. These implements will be made available on subsidy to farmers as per their eligibility under various schemes. From this year, the State Government has started to …
GUWAHATI, : Problems galore in the Agriculture Department in the State. Many posts of senior agriculture officers have been lying vacant, and agricultural infrastructure in the State is very poor. In the past five years, there was little development in the agriculture sector in the State. In order to boost …
