-The Hindu Congress’ Ahmed Patel says Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority should have intervened With protests coming from all ends of the political spectrum, the Gujarat government has decided to back four potato Farmers in their fight against PepsiCo’s Rs. 4.2 crore lawsuit against them for allegedly infringing its rights by growing the potato used in Lays chips. State will join A senior official told The Hindu that the State government...
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Now, PepsiCo offers to settle case against Gujarat potato Farmers -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu If the Farmers stop growing the registered potato variety used in its Lays chips. In the wake of criticism over its ?4.2 crore lawsuit against four Gujarati potato Farmers, food and beverages giant PepsiCo has offered to settle the case if the Farmers stop growing the registered potato variety used in its Lays chips. In an Ahmedabad civil court on Friday, PepsiCo’s lawyer offered a settlement on these terms: the Farmers...
More »Chandigarh: Farm activists demand action on 'illegal' Bt Brinjal cultivation in Haryana -Seema Sharma
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Farm activists have demanded immediate action on suspected illegal Bt Brinjal cultivation in Haryana. Sharing their findings with media persons in Chandigarh on Wednesday, the activists said that while acting on a tip-off about the same, they collected sample from the impugned farm, and conducted a lateral flow strip test for detection of Bt Cry1AC protein test which showed a positive result of the suspected sample...
More »No Out Of Court Settlement, PepsiCo Must Withdraw Case Against Farmers: AIKS - Sumedha Pal
-Newsclick.in Even as a strong campaign against PepsiCo products began in India, the corporate giant said it might withdraw the case if Farmers were willing to sign an agreement for buying the registered variety of FC-5 potato seeds. New Delhi: The legal tussle between multinational giant PepsiCo and potato Farmers in India has intensified. In a court hearing in Ahmedabad on April 26, the company has gone ahead to suggest an...
More »More Than a Year After Crop Failure, Maharashtra Farmers Still Wait for Insurance Payout -Poorvi Kulkarni
-TheWire.in For many Farmers, the compensation they received is substantially less than the premium they paid. Parbhani (Maharashtra): “If even one rupee owed to one Farmer is not paid, then the government will pay that money and recover it from the (insurance) company,” said Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis while addressing an rally ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He was referring to the Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme (Pradhan Mantri...
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