Agriculture

Farmers seek ban on GM crops

Harjant Singh, Hartej Singh, Amarjit Singh, Vinod Jyani and Rajneet Singh are "natural' farmers from the cotton belt of Punjab who were here in the Capital today to demand a complete ban on the Genetically Modified (GM) crops and foods in the country. They were among hundreds of farmers and consumers from 15 states of the country who gathered on "protesting pavement' of the Jantar Mantar saying they would not "become guinea pigs in experimentation in the name of GM food and crops', adding that the GM crops were certainly no answer for the country's food security.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agricultural Research, GM Crops, Farmers, Farmers Movement
Agriculture

Farmers demand ban on GM crops

Hundreds of farmers under the banner of "Coalition for a GM-Free India' gathered here on Tuesday to demand a total ban on genetically modified (GM) crops and food saying it would affect not only humans but livestock, soil and environment. They urged the political parties to take a categorical stand on GM technology in the run-up to the coming general elections. "It is an unwanted, irretrievable, undesirable technology,' they asserted.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agricultural Research, GM Crops, Genetic Engineering, Farmers Movement
Agriculture

Protest against genetically modified crops

The farmers, environmental and women organisation from different states will be gathering in Delhi on Tuesday in protest against genetically modified (GM) crops. Representatives from 15 states, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, are expected to take part in the protest at Jantar Mantar.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agricultural Research, GM Crops, Farmers, Farmers Movement
Agriculture

AAU scientists develop high-yielding varieties

In a development that augurs well for the State's agriculture sector, scientists of the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Shillongani, Nagaon, under the Assam Agricultural University (AAU), have developed two high-yielding Boro rice varieties that are disease-resistant and cold-tolerant. Both the varieties

Publication Date: 
05/05/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Rice, Jute
Agriculture

Food crisis spurs research spending

More than 20 United Nations development agencies joined the World Bank and the World Trade Organization this week in Bern, Switzerland, to discuss emergency humanitarian aid and other measures to combat the growing world food crisis. The World Food Programme says it needs an extra US$755 million just to meet existing needs for food aid.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2008
Declan Butler
Nature
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7191
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Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Food Prices, Food Supply, WTO, International Organisation, World Bank, South Africa, China, Brazil, India, Food Security
Agriculture

A research menu

This was not a sudden crisis. It may be only this spring that food prices have started sparking riots on the streets of Haiti and Egypt, not to mention rice rationing at Wal-Mart's cash-and-carry stores, but food prices have been rising since 2000. The rises accelerated in 2006, when global cereal stocks dropped to levels not seen since the early 1980s. And although the factors driving them are many and various, a good few of them look likely to persist for years to come. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
01/05/2008
Nature
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7191
0
Tags:
Agriculture, Green Revolution, Agricultural Research, Plant Breeding, Food Prices, Food Supply, Farmers, Poverty, World Bank, China, India, Food Security
Agriculture

The African Green Revolution

Africa needs a green revolution. Food yields on the continent are roughly one metric ton of grain per hectare of cultivated land, a figure little changed from 50 years ago and roughly one third of the yields achieved on other continents. In low-income regions elsewhere in the world, the introduction of high-yield seeds, fertilizer and small-scale irrigation boosted food productivity beginning in the mid-1960s and opened the escape route from extreme poverty for huge populations. A similar takeoff in sub-Saharan Africa is both an urgent priority and a real possibility.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2008
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Scientific American
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Tags:
Agriculture, Green Revolution, Agricultural Research, Food Supply, Farmers, Aid Agencies, World Bank, Africa
Agriculture

Farmers to get free soil cards'

Soil would be analysed and data recorded on cards for further maintenance Farmers in Haryana henceforth will be able to not just judge the health of their soil, but also improve its fertility with the help of soil cards to be issued to them. In an innovative move, the Haryana Agriculture Department has a plan to issue free soil cards to farmers to help them improve their produce.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2008
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Soil Resources, Soil Capability, Agricultural Research, Farmers, Haryana
Agriculture

Naga farmers urged to shift from jhumming

DIMAPUR

Publication Date: 
30/04/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Organic Farming, Farmers, Nagaland

 In court

Over GM crop trial: The anti-GM lobby group in New Zealand has challenged the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) for approving 10-year-field trials for genetically modified brassicas.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Organic Farming, Milk, Milk Products, Organic Foods, GM Crops, High Court, New Zealand

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