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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Gujarat farmers sow potato seeds registered by PepsiCo, in symbolic protest -Jitendra

Gujarat farmers sow potato seeds registered by PepsiCo, in symbolic protest -Jitendra

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published Published on Dec 2, 2019   modified Modified on Dec 2, 2019
-Down to Earth

The multinational had sued four farmers in April, triggering a controversy that has now been reignited

Farmers in Gujarat have sowed a variety of potato seeds registered by multinational PepsiCo, in a symbolic protest against the food and beverage corporation, a farmer leader told Down To Earth (DTE).

“In the last four days, more than 500 farmers have come forward to sow the FC-5 variety of seeds which our organisation supplied,” Vitthal Bhai, state President of the Bhratiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), said.

The BKS mobilised farmers across ten districts of Gujarat to sow the seeds, Vitthal Bhai claimed. Other farmers’ organisations like Gujarat Khedut Samaj and Gujarat Khedut Kisan Sabha have also supported the protest.

PepsiCo has registered FC-5 in its name at the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA), India’s plant varieties regulatory body.

The PPV&FRA was established in 2001 for protection of plant varieties, the rights of farmers and plant breeders and to encourage the development of new varieties of plants.

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Down to Earth, 28 November, 2019, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/gujarat-farmers-sow-potato-seeds-registered-by-pepsico-in-symbolic-protest-67973?fbclid=IwAR0ScBzZHSUZphz9Imb8f0ZxKy7g


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