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, …
Apouch of organic brown rice or arhar dal, or anything organically grown is enough to remind us of Vandana Shiva-scholar and relentless campaigner of eco rights, who has made the term 'organic' part of uppity fashion. Her 'Navdanya' label of organic grains, grown in her Dehradun farm of the same …
Scientists make a sexually reproducing plant go asexual asexual reproduction does have certain advantages over sexual reproduction when it comes to plants. It is faster, easier and requires less energy. Production is higher too. Seeds produced asexually are clones of the mother plant and have exactly the same traits. This …
Steps to sell quality seeds: Regional Joint Registrar of Co-operatives The subsidy component of Rs.5 a kg available to paddy growers Rs.11.43 crore loans given against the fixed target of Rs.50 crore PUDUKOTTAI: The Co-operation department has planned to market 750 tonnes of certified quality seeds during the forthcoming
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Dr Anil Kakodkar on Sunday said the climate would become more erratic in the coming years, with rapid change expected. He was speaking at a national symposium on the
While previous research has analyzed the impacts of Bt cotton in India, most available studies are based on one or two years of data only. This paper analyze the technology
Scientists must ask corporations for permission before publishing independent research on genetically modified crops. That restriction must end. (Editorial)
Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Muhammad Gondal informed the Senate on Wednesday that the National Agriculture Research System has developed 34 high yield and disease resistant varieties of various crops. Replying to questions in the House, he said tea production technology has been standardised and demonstrated at farmers' field …
July 28: While the state government is worried over the alarming increase in the price of red gram, agriculture officials are apprehensive over the utility of the seeds being supplied to farmers at 50 per cent subsidy.
- Special seeds distributed, agriculture training proposed Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Balipur, Dhanbad. Dhanbad, July 20: A weak and erratic monsoon has spelt doom for farmers of Dhanbad district this kharif season, prompting a worried administration to mount efforts to tackle the crisis. Till July 18, the state received a …
LUCKNOW: Even as the state Met department kept a close watch on the movement of the "low pressure" area over the Bay of Bengal, which converted into a "deep depression" on Tuesday, chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta after a review meeting issued directions to distribute among farmers seed of crops …
Global warming has posed a serious challenge before the farmers of Assam as the water bodies started drying up and the ground water level is also going down sharply over the years, said Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma. Replying to the debate on the demand for grant for the Agriculture …
Udhampur: Demanding action against officers of the Agriculture Department responsible for the failure of the maize crop, social activists and dissident Congress leader RS Pathania has alleged that sub-standard and eaten up maize seeds were distributed among farmers of the Majalata area of Ramnagar . In a statement issued here …
JEYPORE: Supply of substandard seeds by the Orissa Seed Corporation for the kharif season in Koraput district has hit the farmers below the belt. About 40 per cent seeds was found to be poor in quality and failed to germinate. According to farmers, as per the government norms the Agriculture …
Punjab Finance Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that Pakistan and China are working on development of a new rice seed variety having more per acre yield and resistance against diseases. 'Production achieved from this new rice seed would be exported to Iran and in return Pakistan would get oil …
Punjab Finance Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that Pakistan and China are working on development of a new rice seed variety having more per acre yield and resistance against diseases. 'Production achieved from this new rice seed would be exported to Iran and in return Pakistan would get oil …
Dharamsala: The proposal of the Department of Fisheries to set up Rs 5-crore seed farm has evoked a lukewarm response from fish farmers of the state. The farmers, when contacted by The Tribune, expressed apprehensions about the success of the project. They alleged that fish seed farm might end up …
