Draft Seeds Bill, 2019
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
Seeds
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Maize Mania
<p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Multinational seed companies are luring farmers to grow hybrid maize with promises of high yields and high returns. The cereal is overtaking farms growing millets and other staples. Is it a threat to India’s food security? Read this report in Down To Earth.</p>
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UN agency push for tribal livelihood
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) — a specialised agency of the United Nations based in Rome — has decided to chip in with funds to aid promotion of livelihood in the tribal hinterland.
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ICAR seeks Rs 5,000 cr for transgenic seeds R&D in pulses
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sought funds to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore for research and development of transgenic seeds in pulses. “Transgenic material is very important to
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Govt to sell agricultural produce directly
MUMBAI: The state government on Wednesday declared plans to set up a marketing centre near the APMC market in Navi Mumbai to directly sell agriculture produce procured from farmers. The move is aimed at
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Tiruchi gets Rs.1.01 crore under seed scheme
<p> Farmers would also be trained in production of quality seeds. The training modules would cover selection of varieties, seasonal application of bio-fertilizers, micro-nutrients and improved seed production technologies.</p>
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AKP for introduction of organic agriculture system
Peerzada Abdul Ali Zakir Usmani, President of Anjuman Kashtkaran Punjab (AKP) has stressed the need for introduction of Organic Agriculture System (OAS) in Pakistan to bring a green revolution as organic
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Seed bill 2010: an analytic view
India is a country mainly relied upon agriculture and for boosting up agricultural output availability of good quality of seeds to farmers is inevitable. To regulate the seed sector the Parliament has
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Farm IP, enter WIPO
<p>Developing countries will now have to battle IP issues related to new agricultural technologies at WIPO instead of WTO.</p>
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Cotton saga unravels
<p>Flat yields for five years and rising insecticide use are jeopardising the success of Bt cotton technology.</p>
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Area under Bt cotton expands; NGOs decry government propaganda
<p> While the Centre on Monday said the area under Bt cotton is estimated to have expanded to 90 per cent of the total area sown under cotton in 2010-11, several non-government organisations alleged