The Government has to step in to curb the stranglehold the seed companies have over the choice of seeds, speakers at a round table on ‘Protecting Farmers from Seed Crises' said.
Multinational seed companies like Monsanto are dominating the market and not allowing farmers to retain a portion of their crop for seed, K Nageswara Rao of the All-India Kisan Sabha said here on Friday. He demanded that the Government step in to curb black marketing of seeds.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/mncs-dominating-seed-market-farmers-forum
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/seeds
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agro-based-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsanto
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biotechnology-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
