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: Plant Breeders Rights Bill stuck for past 10 years
ISLAMABAD: The involvement of a huge annual business of agriculture seeds valuing Rs40 to Rs60 billion is a key hurdle to passage of the Plant Breeders Rights Bill, which has been stuck in parliament for
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How do the stakeholders perceive plant variety protection in Indian seed sector?
<p>Creativity and innovation are important factors for sustainable agricultural growth. Intellectual property right (IPR) is the key driver of innovation. However, many argue against this view, as it would
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Talk of restarting GM crop trials faces stiff opposition
Nagpur: The statement by CD Mayee, a member of state government's technical committee on genetically modified (GM) crops, in a seminar in the city on Monday that the field trials be restarted has evoked
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Ministry to consult more seed companies, farmers
Emphasising that monopolies over seed technology were unacceptable, a top official in the Agriculture Ministry told The Hindu that it would have a wider consultation with seed companies, seed technology
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Paraguayan Farmers Defend Native Seeds over GMOs
ASUNCION – About 100 farmers with peasant organizations on Tuesday left their family farms in Paraguay’s interior to attend a fair in downtown Asuncion, where they displayed their native seeds, the basis
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Seedy business
When DuPont and Dow Chemical agreed to merge in December, the $130 billion deal seemed to be a prime example of American managers’ ruthless pursuit of shareholder value and dedication to building monopoly
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Farm women and seeds: strengthening relation for sustaining agricultural productivity
<p>Inception of agriculture has witnessed the pivotal role of women in perceiving how seeds sprouted and grew into plants. Since the birth of farming, women have been the backbone of the agricultural work
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China to step up regulation on GM crops
The Ministry of Agriculture on Monday vowed to beef up its supervision over genetically modified (GM) crops in order to protect human health, ecology and the environment. Agricultural authorities at
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Freeing crop genetics through the Open Source Seed Initiative
<p>For millennia, seeds have been freely available to use for farming and plant breeding without restriction. Within the past century, however, intellectual property rights (IPRs) have threatened this
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Lack of seeds hampers Africa's ability to boost yields
Improving smallholder farmers' access to modern seed varieties is essential to tackle food security concerns An assessment of smallholder farmers' access to seeds says greater engagement from global seed