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 will have no choice
DAVID HATHAWAY is a social scientist who has worked in Brazil on issues such as transnational corporations, pesticides, genetically engineered crops, patents and biopiracy. He tells T V JAYAN why Brazil s proposed seed bill will hurt farmers
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Seeds of discontent?
India s first legislation aimed at protecting farmers rights raises many apprehensions
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Who is protected?
The Lok Sabha passed Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Bill with complete amendments on August 9, 2001, twenty months after it was first moved in the Parliament. But experts are doubtful about the rights and protection that the bill seeks
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CHINA
New regulations regarding producing and using genetically modified ( gm ) farm products have been introduced in China. Under the new rules, companies will require government approval for
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UNITED NATIONS
A UN commission has agreed on setting up, for the first time, global principles for assessing the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, a division of the World
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YAWN!
The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India
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Heard at the conference
"Children in India remain malnourished while foodgrains rot in our granaries. The key to this is proper management of our granaries.' V Ramalingaswami National Research Professor "There's a
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Deja vu
The discussions at the conference were like old wine in old bottles
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Food safety
In the wake of genetically modified food flooding the Indian markets, 25 farmers groups call for a 10 year moratorium on such food
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Justice done
the Madhya Pradesh police has filed a case against the traders who distributed chemically-treated bajra seeds (pearl millet) to farmers in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh. At least 80