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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Terminator technology
Just before the Conference of Parties (COP) began, news had spread that the big seed companies were trying to slip in text in a resolution to dodge the moratorium on terminator seeds. These seeds are genetically altered to make them sterile and thus prevent reuse. Developing countries and civil society groups came ready to fight against any attempt to undermine the current <i>de facto </i> moratorium on such technologies in place since COP5.<br>
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Long yarn
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Yes minister
A sinister syndrome
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Askew
As Parliament mulls the Seeds Bill 2004, there is intense opposition to it. It’s likely the government will redraft it. <font class="UCASE">sopan joshi</font> and <font class="UCASE">sourav mishra</font> read between the lines
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There are ample facts to support biotechnology
CLIVE JAMES, chairperson, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri biotech Applications gives T V JAYAN and CLIFFORD POLYCARP his prescription for feeding the hungry world
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State and scandal
Independent laboratory tests carried out in Hong Kong revealed genetically engineered (ge) seeds in packages of papaya seeds being sold by the department of agriculture's research station in the
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Out on their own
Government delivery programmes provide little support to farmers
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Village Punukula s different
Managing yields without pesticides
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Mourn
But it is better to take Andhra Pradesh as a challenge
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A debt ridden state can offer little to its indebted farmers
"The strategy for agriculture will certainly create new jobs, especially in the allied sector. However, agriculture's share of employment will actually reduce, from the current 70 per cent to 40-45