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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Potato seed firm faces legal action
Jalandhar: The state government has ordered the registration of a case against the company that allegedly supplied spurious mother seed to potato farmers of the Doaba belt.
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KSSL and Pak Arab Fertilizer sign MoU
Kissan Support Service Limited (KSSL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Pak Arab Fertilizer to ensure timely availability of fertilisers, seeds, pesticides and other agriculture inputs to the farmers, Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf, President Zari Tariqiati Bank (ZTBL) said here on Sunday while addressing first KSSL employees' convention at Officers' Club.
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Sowing seeds for an eco-friendly generation
Pune This summer vacation, schoolchildren will definitely relish the special
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Food for thought
Meena Menon Mumbai While the Congress is silent in its manifesto on genetically modified crops, other parties have dealt with it in their own ways.
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Farmers wisdom must be on paper in era of patents
At a time when fast food reigns, one hardly thinks of cherishing a local Indian delicacy and conserving a local plant variety. M P Nayar, former director of the Botanical Survey of India who currently heads the government Task Force on Agro-biodiversity Hotspots recently completed mapping these hotspots. P R J Pradeep talks to him On the difference between agro-biodiversity hotspots and
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LCWU inaugurates botanical lab for disease-free seeds production
To provide students with an opportunity to produce disease-free species of seeds and yield healthy crops, the Plant Tissue Culture Lab was inaugurated at the Bagh-e-Jinnah by Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) Vice Chancellor Dr Bushra Mateen and Punjab Floriculture Director Dr Muhammad Tariq Iqtidar on Wednesday.
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12 children hospitalised after eating poisonous seeds
Gurgaon: Nearly 12 kids were taken to various hospitals of the city after they consumed seeds of Jetropa plant here today. Children of Basai Enclave colony were playing in the garden of their colony and swallowed the seeds by mistake. They are between seven and 10 years of age. The kids started vomiting and were taken to different hospitals.
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A case study on: performance evaluation of zero tillage seed drill in Allahabad district
Rice-wheat cropping system is most popular among the farmers in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India. The adoption of reduced and zero tillage seed drill of rice and wheat can improve the timeliness of sowing and help farmers.
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Rolling back the tsunami
When the tsunami struck the coast of Tamil Nadu four years ago, the village of Poompuhar in Sirkali taluk of Nagapattinam district as one of the worst affected. When the waves withdrew, more than death stalked the coastline. With livelihoods and homes gone, Nagapattinam was a land of the living dead.
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Living on love and fresh air
A family that has little use for cash The morning I went to meet her Anusuyabai Meshram did something she does not usually do