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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Atal yojana to gift Kumaon own seed development corporation
If everything goes as per plan regarding distribution of cheaper rations under the Atal Khadyann Yojana, Kumaon will soon have a separate Seed Development Corporation on the pattern of the Terai Seed Development Corporation, which is earning `six crore per annum by selling seed to other States. Speaking to The Pioneer, a Secretary said the people currently engage in farming for their own consum
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To save farmers, stop land acquisition, seed patents
To save the three
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Long term project to produce seeds
The Treasury has allocated Rs 700 million to develop infrastructure at every Government farm to cultivate vegetables to meet the country
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True potato seed - A low cost alternative of potato cultivation
True potato seeds (TPS) are sexually produced propagules of potato and are preferred for its high yield and the power to resist late blight disease of potato. Seed tubers used for propagation are high
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Price stabilization
Onion and garlic are very important commodities consumed in India in the form of spices and condiments. Unlike other vegetables, they are required daily in the kitchen and therefor augmentation of daily
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Impact of rehabilitation package in suicide-prone districts of Vidarbha
The farmers in the suicide-prone districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra are aware of the union government
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Seeding Competition
Manikram Netam, a seed retailer in Chhattisgarh
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BARI develop hybrid tomato seeds
Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) has developed hybrid tomato seeds (BARI HYBRID TOMATO-5) with a thrust of facing the deficit of quality tomato seed together with boosting its output.
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BJP Kissan Morcha to launch nation- wide protest against Seed Bill: Sirohi
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kissan Morcha will hold protest on February 17 at all district headquarters across the country against the Seed Bill of 2004 which has been tabled in Lok Sabha by the Government.
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Govt schemes ease life, hit rabi crops - Better seed policy, irrigation could help
The villagers in Assam are now giving less importance to cultivation, especially in the rabi crop season, after experiencing an easy way of life under the much-hyped MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and Anna Suraksha schemes. An official of the state agriculture department told this correspondent that with the new government schemes being launched to benefit BPL