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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Grain gains
Agro-scientists at West Bengal government's rice research station have developed four high-yielding rice varieties which will increase current levels of yield by an average of 30 per cent. While the
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Ungreening the revolution
A programme initiated with much drum beating, the green revolution has not just backfired but even eroded traditional systems of farming. Farmers from Madhya Pradesh are trying hard to recover from its disastrous effects
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Seeds for Iife
Scientists and NGOs find common ground in ensuring that farmers possess the divers they can use and conserve
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High and low
THE Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is promoting a Rs 3.3 crore project to develop new hybrids of vegetables, for increased production by small farmers. Initially, nine
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Seeds of purity
Local plant seeds provide a clue to treating impure water
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Oilseed bonanza
Indian markets may soon be flooded with high yielding hybrid seeds of mustard and rapeseed
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Hybrid gains
A rice hybrid developed in India can help reap an extra Rs 2,500 per ha
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Alternative bill
The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) -- a farmer's organisation -- has taken the lead in proposing an alternative to the Union government's draft bill on protection of plant varieties, which is
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Patent jugglery
The Union government claims it has found a way to protect the interests of Indian farmers in the ongoing Uruguay round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). For some time now, the
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Karnataka farmers want target cargill again
Opposition to multinationals in the agriculture sector in Karnataka may soon spread throughout India