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 given inferior seeds: Cong councillor
Yangchan Dolma Leh, January 19 Many agricultural implements and seeds being distributed among farmers under various schemes are of poor quality.
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Fighting GMO contamination around the world
Ever since GMOs were first introduced in the mid-1990s, farmers
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2008, a bumper year for farming community
The year 2008 was calamitous on many fronts for the State. Silver lining was the agriculture sector. The vagaries of nature did not deter the farming community from reaching its goal. Notwithstanding the series of calamities visiting the state year after year since 1998, Orissa has been able to attain self-sufficiency in foodgrain production, particularly in rice.
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The Baranaja system
Jardhargaon is a village at a height of 1500 metres situated in the hilly district of Tehri Garhwal in the state of Uttarakhand in North India. Jardhargaon came under the influence of Chipko Movement through the active involvement of one of its residents, Vijay Jardhari. In 1980 a Van Suraksha Samiti or VSS (Forest Protection Committee) was set up by local people.
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Sweet onions of Vannalli
In coastal Karnataka, it is common for households to have bunches of onions hanging in the kitchen or from the roofs of the top floor of houses. They are pink, long tailed and medium sized, and are grown in a hamlet called Vannalli in the coastal taluk of Kumta in North Kanara district.
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Women peasants, food security and biodiversity in the crisis of neoliberalism
With their kitchen gardens in local communities, women are responsible for the food crops that secure the food supply. Cash crops and monetary income are, on the other hand, defi ned as masculine.
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Seed security for food security in the light of climate change and soaring food prices: challenges and opportunities
The FAO document on the key challenges to seed security in developing countries. It contributes to and develops the seed security-related aspects of FAO
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Indigenous knowledge and practices of Tengal Kachari women in sustainable management of bari system of farming
The Thengal-Kacharis, belonging to the Boro-Kachari ethnic groups are one of the most ancient inhabitants of Assam with rich tradition and cultural history. The bari or homestead gardening has had great significance from the point of conservation, consumption and management of biodiversity.
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A weed to power lives in villages
If things work according to plan, villages in Jharkhand will soon generate electricity for their own consumption. Dhanbad-based Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research has shown them the way.
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Farmers not getting seeds in time: Pramila
Conceding that the State Government has failed to supply seeds in time to the farmers under Calamity Relief Fund (CRF), State Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma today blamed the revenue department for the sorry state of affairs.