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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Intellectual property rights, private investment in research, and productivity growth in Indian agriculture
<p>With the growth of private investment in developing-country agriculture, new advances in the biological sciences, and rapid integration of developing countries into the global trading system, intellectual property rights (IPRs) have become an important concern for policymakers, corporate decisionmakers, and many other players in the agricultural sector.
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Cabinet nod to change in new seeds bill
The Union Cabinet approved additional amendments to the controversial Seeds Bill 2004 to raise penalties for offences like sale of spurious seeds. The additional amendments provide for submission of seed related periodic returns to the state governments and enhancement in penalties of offences, said officials. In March this year, the Cabinet had approved the Seeds Bill 2004 that seeks to reg
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Bengal FM calls for investment in bio-seeds, organic fertilisers
Indronil Roychowdhury Kolkata: Retail marketing in agriculture may still be out of bounds in West Bengal but try bio-fertiliser, bio-seeds and organic fertiliser for investment
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Drought-tolerant coconut seedlings available for sale
COIMBATORE: Seedlings of the drought-tolerant coconut variety
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State government to complaint against institute supplied inferior quality seeds
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the state government would register complaint with the Consumer Forum against the institutions supplied inferior quality seeds. Chouhan reached the fields of farmers of Ghinochi Village in Chhattarpur district of Sagar division today and inspected condition of the Urad and Til crops.
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Influence of biofertilizers and urea application on grain yield and quality attributes in rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars
A field experiment was conducted on rice seed production in rice-wheat cropping system to find out the effect of application of biofertilizers and urea on the grain yield and quality attributes of rice
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From green to gene revolution: how farmers lost control of the seeds from agricultural modernisation
This document is developed by GRAIN and the Pesticides Eco-Alternatives Centre (PEAC) to raise Chinese farmers' awareness about the broad historical context of industrial agriculture, and how it paved the way for the introduction of modern varieties of crops and agricultural technologies.
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India registers plant varieties under PPV&FR Act, 2001
The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers
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Give farmers seed to avoid food scarcity, says FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has warned that farmers in the flood stricken areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will not be able to sow wheat if they are not provided seed.
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Assam on green revolution map
Guwahati, Sept.