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, …
Bhargav Trivedi AHMEDABAD AFTER the move by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra governments to reduce trait value (royalty) payable on BT cotton seed variety, Gujarat is being urged to take a similar measure. After AP, Maharashtra too has issued notification to cut the trait value for transgenic cotton seeds. Trait value …
Seeds of high quality are necessary for a good crop. In this connection Gwalior-based Agriculture University is putting in important contribution by preparing nuclear seeds of wheat. Vice Chancellor of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Agriculture University Dr. Vijay Singh Tomar has informed that Dr. KPS Malik has started preparation of wheat's …
To Offer Subsidies Even In Those Cases Where The Seeds Are Not Certified, But Are Truthfully Labelled And Notified Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI IN AN effort to enhance rice productivity, the Manmohan Singh government has, in a policy shift, decided to encourage the cultivation of hybrid varieties by offering subsidies …
Jammu, May 18 Growers of the world famous basmati in the state are worried over the supply of poor quality seeds and the shortage of fertilisers for the coming sowing season. Despite repeated assurances by Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir in the Assembly session recently, farmers of the RS Pura …
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. State Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister Harjiram Burdak, …
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 …
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. In kharif on an average, …
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, …
Mature stem cuttings of 10 candidate plus trees (CPTs) of Pongamia pinnata were subjected to auxin application to compare their adventitious rooting ability. Significant differences were observed for sprouting (26
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. The seeds industry has argued that price controls will snuff out all competition and, consequently, new and …
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 …
The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday banned sale of seeds manufactured by Monsanto company, as a US-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, in the state
K V Kurmanath The Andhra Pradesh Government has fixed the trait value for BG II (Bollgard-II) at Rs 90 and for BG-I (Bollgard-I) at Rs 50. With cotton farmers preparing for the kharif sowing, the State Government issued an Order ten days ago fixing the BG-II seed price at Rs …
April.30 : There is a draft Seeds Bill in Parliament which could be enacted any day now. The new Seeds Bill, drafted originally in 2004, will replace the old Seed Act of 1966 which was meant to set standards for trading in seed. The conditions of seed production have undergone …
Farmers in Punjab reported low wheat yield this year. Even though the state agriculture machinery sold them certified seeds, not all seeds germinated, several farmers from Ferozepur district told Down To Earth (dte). They said the seeds were spurious. On March 17 and 18, Sunil Jakhar, Congress mla from Abohar …
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to look into the issues relating to pricing of Bt cotton seeds. Mr Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy passed the order while dealing with a petition filed by Mr Kolli Nageswara Rao, a leader of the AP Rythu Sangam, on …
G. Srinivasan Crossing for the seedlings done manually every day at two farms Hand picked:A labourer spraying pollen grains on flowers of a coconut tree in the Agricultural Research Centre in Pattukottai on Tuesday. PATTUKOTTAI: Demand for hybrid coconut seedlings is high among the farmers of Thanjavur district. Catering to …
