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, …
The National Seed Association of India (NSAI) today called upon the Andhra Pradesh Government to immediately increase the price of Bt cotton seeds. Unless this is done immediately, it would not only impact the financial viability of seed companies but could also lead to shortage of seeds as companies may …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai February 10, 2010, 0:45 IST Sharad Pawar Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Sharad Pawar today said a new seed can be introduced only after the Ministry of Environment and Forests has cleared it. He was reacting to the Centre
On the surface it looks like a paradox. When agricultural production in most other states is plummeting, Gujarat, with large semi-arid tracts that were alien to good crops, offers a turnaround story. Last year, it posted an agricultural growth of 9.6 per cent against a national average of 2.9 per …
Antagoistic bacteria were isolated from soil samples collected from different forest areas of Jabalpur, Mandla, Umaria and Bilaspur. One antagonistic bacteria Bacillus firmus was isolated from the soil of Belkund teak forest nursery, Kundam Project, Forest Development Corporation, Jabalpur.
Dark brown seeds pointed at both ends resemble the kind of wild seeds growing just anywhere that children would collect to play with. Only, this seed is one of the rare and nutritious foods losing out to the rush for market food. To the Mahadeo Koli and Thakar tribals in …
KRISHNAGIRI: Quality seeds are essential for rain-fed farming, Dr. A.K. Mani, Professor and Head, Regional Research Station of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Paiyur said here on Thursday. Solid foundation Presiding over the three-day training programme on imparting knowledge and skills on seed production to the farmers and farm women, …
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A memorandum of understanding would be signed with an American seed company Monsanto in February, paving way for supply of certified bio-tech (BT) cotton seeds in the country, minister for food and agriculture Nazar Mohammad Gondal said here on Thursday. He was presiding over a meeting of …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Centre to clarify the steps being taken to regulate the open field trials of the genetically modified (GM) crops. A Bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan asked the government to file an affidavit within four weeks on the possibility of holding trials …
Brinjal or eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important solanaceous crop of sub-tropics and tropics. The name brinjal is popular in Indian subcontinents and is derived from Arabic and Sanskrit whereas the name eggplant has been derived from the shape of the fruit of some varieties, which are white and …
BHAWANIPATNA: Short supply of certified seeds has hit cultivation of pulses and oilseeds in Kalahandi. After farmers incurred heavy loss in the last kharif season due to moisture-stress condition, the Agriculture Department decided to give priority to cultivation of pulses and oilseeds in the current rabi season considering the favourable …
Around this time of the year, bright yellow flowers carpet the fields in scores of villages in Bihar's Vaishali district. They are not mustard crops waiting to burst into full bloom but cauliflower seeds that have ushered in a revolution of sorts
If scientists are to be believed, millions of people across the world could soon be eating bread and biscuits made from -- cotton which is rich in protein. Cotton seed is inedible as it contains a poisonous substance called gossypol. Now, the scientists claim to have found a way to …
Punjab farmers are facing an acute shortage of seeds for newer varieties of wheat. Barely 40 per cent of the total expected area under wheat cultivation has been sown but now farmers in the state don
Days after the Congress failed to make any electoral headway in the Bundelkhand region, identified by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi as a stepping stone for the grand old party
LUCKNOW: Even as Samajwadi Party held demonstrations all over the state to protest against low sugarcane purchase prices (SAP) fixed by the Central and state governments, the activists of Bhartiya Kisan Union held a demonstration in Delhi while farmers in Muzaffarnagar blocked the busy Meeurt-Karnal highway. In Pilibhit, farmers came …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Seeds Corporation (OSSC) would provide 1.12 lakh quintals of certified groundnut seed to the farmers of the State in the ongoing rabi season against 81,000 quintals last year. OSSC Chairman Golak Behari Nayak said that 12,820 quintals of certified groundnut seed have been supplied to the …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that Dr GV Challam pioneered the study to bring changes in the genes of paddy seed which can withstand saline water after cyclones. Addressing a function at OUAT to mark birth anniversary of Dr Chalam, the Chief Minister said that he took the …
The top-10 agricultural biotech firms in developed nations control 67% of the global proprietary seed market Who is afraid of the multinational seed giants? Practically everyone, it seems, barring governments. The more enlightened agricultural scientists, the legion of activists, small farmers and plant breeders across the world have all been …
