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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Farmers demand ban on GM crops and field trials
Otherwise farmers will be left at the mercy of MNCs, they say ERODE: Farmers affiliated to the Tamizhaga Vivasayeegal Sangam have urged the Union and State governments to ban the sale of GM seeds and field trials.
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BT cotton checks suicides in Malwa
The volunteers of the
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Are marginal farmers losing their stakes?
BHUBANESWAR: Agricultural production in many parts of the State, it appears, is partly
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Indigenous farming system of Adi tribes: Source of food, nutrition and medicine
Hill farming system involves diverse crops and their varieties, medicinal plants, forest species, practiced by the Adi tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. These tribal farmers are conserving biodiversity and meeting the food, balanced nutrition and health benefits from this farming system.
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Impact of intellectual property rights on the Indian seed industry
The paper examines the impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the Indian seed industry. The data used in the study have been taken from the reputed published sources. The study brought out that as long as Indian farmer continues to be a grain producer and does not convert himself into a 'commercial seed seller' of the protected variety, he would be unaffected by the Plant Breeder's Rights.
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Living the sustainable life: managing a dryland family farm
In 1999, Aspen and David Edge bought Semilla Besada, a 12 hectare farm in southern Spain, with the intention of re-establishing its family farming tradition. They faced various challenges: the dryland environment, lack of markets and little social support.
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Seeds, knowledge and diversity in the hands of small-scale farmers in Honduras
Farmers in the Yoro and Otoro regions of Honduras have organised themselves into agricultural research teams to improve the diversity and resilience of their farms. Supported by local and international organisations, these farmers have diversified their plant genetic resources and developed hardier varieties that grow well on their soils.
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Cabinet decisions in favour of farmers
LUCKNOW: The cabinet at its meeting held recently under the chairmanship of CM Mayawati took a few pro-farmer decisions. The government has changed the rates of tax on gypsum, components of sprinkler sets and seeds under Vat Act, 2008. According to the cabinet decision, the four per cent tax levied on gypsum has been waived off.
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Bt cotton hybrids evaluation report (2008-09): North Zone
The technical programme for evaluation of the Bt cotton hybrids through ICAR trials during 2008-09 was formulated under the Chairmanship of the Assistant Director General (Commercial Crops), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi for the four events which have been approved for commercial cultivation by GEAC (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India).
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Firm fined for selling poor quality seeds to farmers
Chandigarh: The UT State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld the order of the Bhiwani district forum, passed in 2001, wherein a seed company was directed to pay compensation for providing poor quality seeds to three Bhiwani-based farmers in separate cases.