tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27759360497673868982024-08-30T23:50:20.323+05:30The market has been designed to replace the local crops with hybrids & GM seeds, diversity with uniformity, labour with machine, kitchens & stoves with microwave oven & packaged food in the name of food security. In this scenario, the worst casualties are are the rural mass like ours, the knowledge system of them acted as custodians superseded by germplasm pirates by strategic extension packages and kits. Its the call of this hour to act for the planet, save it from destruction.prataphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124247117502828521noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2775936049767386898.post-65966197550615912392012-02-07T16:07:00.000+05:302012-02-07T16:07:48.886+05:30

Tiger takes the biscuit | Down To Earth

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Many-splendoured maize | Down To Earth

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India’s stingy definition of poverty irks critics

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Organic vs Conventional: Do N-fixing bacteria care?

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Japan Radioactivity Could Enter Food Chain

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Nitrogen Fertilizer: Agricultural Breakthrough - And Environmental Bane

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Another Green Revolution an article by Dr K P Pravakaran, an Agricultural Scientist Time to think for the Planet either we need another Green Revolution, if yes, do we need a 'deshaj' green revolution using jaibic krishi prakriya, desi beej and SRI like practice approach... While continuing with our conventional inbreeding technology, we ought to scout for more and more native germplasms which

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International institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have applied policies to eradicate world hunger which are dictated by the interests of MNCs and TNCs. International agreements such as WTO, other regional agreements like the Free Trade Agreement for the Americas (FTAA), or bilateral ones stipulating ‘free’ trade for

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NIRMAN: &#39;World No Pesticide Use Day&#39; Celebration: "December 3, Biruda, Nayagarh rural, Odisha: Farmers of NIRMAN today sent out a strong warning to the Multinational agri-corporations trying ..."

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The simple act of saving seeds has lately become an extremely important one.Unprecedented changes are going on in the world of seeds. Corporate mergers of seed growers have accelerated at such a pace that there are now only a few giant rulers. Patented seeds have become common in catalogues. Millions of acres of farmland are being planted with bioengineered seeds i.e. the transgenic seeds or GM

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Climate change could have positive, negative or no impact on individual plant diseases, but with increased temperatures and humidity many pathogens are predicted to increase in severity. The most likely impact of climate change will be felt in three areas: in losses from plant diseases, in the efficacy of disease management strategies and in the geographical distribution of plant diseases.Models

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An OverviewIt was during the third five year (1961-1966) plan of India when the investment on ‘agriculture’ as a sector was stressed upon, in view of the need of an abundance of wheat and rice. The Sino-Indian war situation had led to inflation and the GDP fell to 2.7 %. In a bid to boost the economy industries, including fertiliser units, came up. The sixth plan (1980-1985) onwards industrial

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