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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Who benefits from gm crops?: the rise in pesticide use
Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world. Unfortunately, journalists often report such claims as fact, without first subjecting them to critical scrutiny.
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Cooling begins in doomsday vault
Engineers began pumping chilly air into a
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Child bondage continues in Indian cotton supply chain
The recent trends in employment of child labour in hybrid cottonseed production in different states in India clearly indicate that the overall number of children employed in this sector is on the rise
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Study for estimation of seed-feed and wastage ratios for major foodgrains in Maharashtra
The major problem faced by the foodgrain production system of India is the post harvest losses. There are many sources of leakage between production and consumption of foodgrains that not only include wastage of grains during various post-harvest operations but also at the stage of harvesting.
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Seeds of Dissent
The apex court nod to GM seed trials raises issues. GM seeds: Trial's not yet over
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A typology of the effects of (trans)gene flow on the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources
This report gives an overview of current research regarding the full range of possible effects of transgene flow on human health, the environment, the various stakeholders in the food and feed product
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Informal groundnut seed system in Andhra Pradesh - a case study
An innovative attempt was made to promote the concept of village based seed banks by the International Crops Research Institute for Semi- Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) as an intervention of Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Program (APRLP) in Andhra Pradesh state.
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Conserving indigenous seeds for livelihood security - Experiences from Tamil Nadu, India
The rate at which indigenous Rice varieties are getting depleted is extremely alarming. It is becoming increasingly clear that to maintain biodiversity in farmers
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Competition and monopoly in the Indian cotton seed market
The private sector has become an important supplier of varietal technology in agriculture. This has given rise to concerns about competition in the seed market.
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Cottonseeds to check malnourishment?
a new study claims to turn toxic cottonseeds into nutritious dinners for millions of undernourished people across the world. Keerti Rathore, a scientist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment