-The Indian Express Impression that government prioritises non-economic agenda over development must be addressed India is now well and truly in the middle of a socio-economic upheaval. The economy has been weakening for a couple of years now. The social upheaval is new but its Seeds have been fermenting for a while. The danger here is that the social and economic sides of an economy are not divorced from each other....
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Onion shortage: Here's why farmers gained little from record price rise -Dilip Kumar Jha
-Business Standard Farmers across the country have suffered a double whammy this year - first, their crop from last season was spoilt by floods, and then onion yield also dropped due to moisture in fields Lasalgaon: Raghunath Sawant, an onion farmer from Niphad taluka in Maharashtra’s Nashik district, is a worried man. And, he is not alone. Despite onion prices hitting Rs 130 a kg in the wholesale market, Sawant has not...
More »Explained: Sowing a new Seeds regime -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Govt plans to change existing law to ensure availability of quality Seeds to farmers. How will the proposed Bill to replace The Seeds Act, 1966 meet its objective of ‘regulating quality of Seeds for sale, import, export’? The existing 1966 law already provides for regulation of the quality of Seeds. What does the new Bill seek to change? The current Act only covers “notified kinds or varieties of Seeds”. Thus,...
More »Seed industry proposes changes in Seed Bill 2019
-The Hindu Business Line The National Seed Association of India (NSAI), which represents top seed companies in the country, on Wednesday suggested some changes in the proposed Seed Bill 2019, including a more scientific definition of transgenic variety, enhanced farmer rights on Seeds and enlisting the services of private firms for evaluating new varieties before seed registration. In letters written to Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Director General (ICAR) Trilochan Mahapatra...
More »The draft Seeds bill favours the industry over farmers -Suman Sahai
-Hindustan Times A 2001 law protects farmers’ interests. But the Seeds bill neutralises many of the enabling measures granted in it There is a draft Seeds bill awaiting Parliament, which seeks to replace the old Seed Act of 1966. A law regulating seed production and trade is needed to ensure that farmers are protected against spurious Seeds, and that seed producers are obliged to put only Seeds of good and reliable quality...
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