-Newsclick.in Latest data shows that insurance companies have pocketed over Rs. 10,000 crore surplus in two years. The number of Farmers enrolled in the Modi government’s flagship crop insurance scheme (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana or PMFBY) dipped further to 343 lakh in kharif (summer) crop season of 2018-19 year, according to latest information revealed at the annual Kharif Conference organised by the Agriculture Ministry in Delhi on April 25-26. When the...
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PepsiCo's attempt to sue Farmers highlights the lacunae in IPR laws -Rajshree Chandra
-The Indian Express Who is the rightful owner of the potato variety, FL 2027? Is it the Farmer who bought, planted, harvested the potatoes from his own farm, or is it the innovator who cross-bred and modified the potato to have a low moisture content for crispier chips? There could not have been a better heading for the IE editorial (April 30) on PepsiCo’s infringement suit against the Farmers who have...
More »How Poshan Kheti Is Helping Enhance Diet Diversity And Incomes In Rural Bihar
-Outlook Introduced to Nutrition Sensitive Integrated Farming System (NSIFS), or Poshan Kheti, by JEEViKA, Sushma Devi found that food produced in the family farm and kitchen garden was the perfect solution to feed her family sufficiently. Sushma Devi, a small Farmer in Purnea, Bihar, was not able to provide diverse foods to her family of six members - comprising her husband, in-laws and children. Each of them has different dietary...
More »Towards an organic future -Devinder Sharma
-The Tribune The transition to sustainable, chemical-free farming is imperative At a time when global temperatures are soaring, a study by a French think tank — Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) — has shown that agro-ecological farming has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Europe by 47% and thereby keep the global temperature rise below 2°C. The study comes at a time when the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation...
More »Untenable interpretation -Shalini Bhutani
-DNAIndia.com The infringement suit filed by PepsiCo against Gujarat’s potato Farmers is based on legally flawed premises The infringement suit filed by PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd (PIH), Indian subsidiary of the US multinational corporation, against potato Farmers in Gujarat is premised on an untenable interpretation of law on plant breeders in the country. Yet, on the basis of a claim of an infringement of its potato variety by the accused Farmers,...
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