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, …
This publication highlights the significance of the seed and new crop technologies. It captures the experiences of three key developments in Indian agriculture that sustained growth in agriculture, contributed to increased food production and the alleviation of poverty and hunger.
At the end of its first three years, the Indo-United States Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture is recommending changes in regulation to suit US commercial interests. This article, based on a reading of the minutes of the KIA board
Climate change has a profound impact on the dynamics of agricultural and natural ecosystems, particularly sustainability of agricultural biodiversity. The loss of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes affects not just the production of food, fuel and fibre, but also a range of ecological services supporting clean water supplies, habitats for wild …
The Food and Agricultural Organisation has undertaken a project to provide more than 11,000 flood-affected farmers with seeds and fertilisers during the upcoming boro season, agriculture ministry sources said. The technical assistance project, Input Supply to Vulnerable Population under Initiatives on Soaring Food Price, approved by the agriculture ministry in …
For many of those who feel that agriculture does not have a future in the state, the farm fair organised at Jaipal Singh stadium is an eye opener. Besides, the four
Seed multinationals rush for patents SIX leading multinational seed companies, BASF, Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont, Bayer and Dow, have claimed patent rights on seeds and knowledge designed to combat the impact of climate change in agriculture. They have filed 532 applications in various patent offices for such seeds and plant genomes. …
Patna: Bihar Agriculture Minister Nagmani on Tuesday said farmers would be given 50 per cent subsidy on the high yielding variety of seeds for Rabi crops -- wheat, gram and masur. Mr. Nagmani said initially two farmers from each of 45,000 villages in the State would be provided seeds at …
Rising input prices have almost sounded the death knell for the farmer. Is there a way out? A special report published in Down To Earth. For most Indians, Mahendra Singh Tikait is the man who brought Delhi to its knees in 1988 with a rally that brought the national capital …
Chandigarh, October 12 As you sow, so shall you reap, goes the old saying. But it took nine years and a trying time running from pillar to post for a Mukstar-based agriculturist to finally be awarded with compensation for the
Monsanto, the world's largest seed producer, shrugged off the financial crisis yesterday by saying that credit markets were working well in the US agricultural sector, enabling farmers to continue to borrow normally to pay for seeds, fertilizer and herbicide. "Fundamentally, a farmer on solid financial footing should be able to …
Importance of maize as a food as well as fuel crop stressed Tuticorin: Training camps were conducted recently to inculcate the techniques of maize hybrid seed production among farm women in the villages Kalkumi, A.Kumarapuram of Vilathikulam block and Sankaralingapuram, Vembur of Pudhur block in Tuticorin district by the Agricultural …
An Indonesian plantation company has filed the first patent applications for a hybrid variety of palm oil seeds and their production that it expects will increase the crop's yield by several hundred per cent. London Sumatra, a British-founded company now part of the Indofood Group, is confident the new hybrid …
The world food crisis, rapidly defined by those in power as a problem of insufficient production, has become a trojan horse to get corporate seeds, fertilisers and, surreptitiously, market systems into poor countries. As past experience shows, what looks like
After the Green Revolution and the large scale use of hybrid seeds, most traditional varieties of seeds and crops have disappeared. While it is true that hybrid seeds give more yields in the beginning, the use of chemical fertilizers results in reduced crops after a few years and leaves the …
Pune, September 24 At a time when the country is anticipating the first Genetically Modified (GM) food crop to be approved on a commercial basis, Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA) has launched Hamara Beej in the city to spread awareness and mobilisation on GM foods, called I am …
