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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Rabi season: More certified seeds for farmers
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Seeds Corporation (OSSC) would provide 1.12 lakh quintals of certified groundnut seed to the farmers of the State in the ongoing rabi season against 81,000 quintals last year.
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Govt will award best seed producer: CM
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that Dr GV Challam pioneered the study to bring changes in the genes of paddy seed which can withstand saline water after cyclones.
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Seeds of trouble
The top-10 agricultural biotech firms in developed nations control 67% of the global proprietary seed market
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Monsanto gets FIPB okay for GM seeds sale
GLOBAL seeds major Monsanto may soon start selling controversial genetically modified (GM) seeds and planting material in India, as the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared the company
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Seeding R&D
Companies are going slow on GM research thanks to the obstructive bureaucracy Surinder Sud / New Delhi October 20, 2009, 0:54 IST
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Forest officials get RI for misappropriation of Sal seeds
On the allegation of misappropriation of 167.980 tonnes of Sal seeds worth about Rs 2.94 lakh by falsifying the accounts and official records, a Vigilance case was registered against Ratnakar Das, a former Sectional Supervisor in charge of Nabarangpur Sal Seeds Central Godown, Golak Behari Barik, former Sectional Supervisor in charge of Papadahandi Sal Seeds Central Godown and Trinath Prasad Sahu,
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Orissa languishes at bottom in hunger parameters
BHUBANESWAR: Despite all pro-poor policies and much-hyped food programmes of the State Government, Orissa continues to languish at the bottom rung of the hunger parameters. The State stood 66th along with countries like Nigeria and Kenya in the Global Hunger Index-2008 measured by the International Food Policy Research Institute. This reflects the complexity of food insecurity in the State.
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India approves export of Bt cotton seeds to Pakistan
Indias regulatory body for GM crops, Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has approved export of Bt cotton seeds to Pakistan.
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Report of the expert committee (EC-II) on Bt brinjal event EE-1
Report of the Expert Committee (EC-II) to review findings of large scale trials and the related biosafety studies on Bt brinjal submitted to GEAC on Oct 8, 2009. Concludes that that development and safety assessment of Bt brinjal is fully compliant with the conditions stipulated by GEAC.
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SAARC project to set up Seed Testing Laboratory
Cabinet granted approval to a Memorandum submitted by the Minister of Agriculture Development & Agrarian Services Maithreepala Sirisena to set up a Seed Testing Laboratory under the SAARC project. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Sri Lanka will be done to this effect.