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February 01, 2012
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Farmers never lose hope. If one crop fails, they quickly turn to another. Sugarcane growers in Andhra Pradesh, who have declared a crop holiday, are not going to stop farming next season. Instead, they are switching to palm oil, maize and sunflower.
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February 01, 2012
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Monsanto India is planning to open its third breeding station in North India. The company currently has a seed research station in Abohar (Punjab). Breeding station in north India is expected to take up work on wheat, corn and vegetables.
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February 01, 2012
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HYDERABAD:
Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education (FBAE) and the Association of Biotechnology-Led Enterprises (ABLE) will hold a conference on ‘Biotechnology crops for food security in India' in February 27 in Bangalore.
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February 01, 2012
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has set up a high-level committee to probe claims by scientists of several government institutions that they have developed an indigenous variety of Bt Cotton called “Bikaneri Narma” (BN-Bt).
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February 01, 2012
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India may get output-multiplier pepper seed from Madagascar in about a year, hopes the Spices Board.
The high-yielding seed from Madagascar has the potential to increase output by 20 times.
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Apart from ethical questions on scientific propriety, the investigation raises questions as to whether government agriculture scientists are capable of developing original GM seeds and if due processes are being followed in the way seed development is undertaken
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January 31, 2012
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Monsanto India on Monday inaugurated a state-of-the-art ‘breeding station’ for developing and testing new varieties of hybrid corn and vegetable seeds in Kallinayakanahalli in Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka.
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January 31, 2012
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HYDERABAD:
The Seed Bill might have been put on the backburner; but small and medium seed companies feel that it is only a temporary respite. They feel that the Bill, when passed by the Lok Sabha, could adversely impact their business prospects.
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January 31, 2012
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MUMBAI:
With output growth continuing to trail demand growth and newer challenges such as land constraints, water shortage and global warming looming large, Indian agriculture needs to be revitalised.
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January 31, 2012
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CHENNAI:
China has suspended imports of rapeseed meal from India from January 1 since some consignments were found contaminated with malachite green. But trade sources feel there could be more than contamination.
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January 31, 2012
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The facility will develop and test new hybrid seed varieties, says MD
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January 31, 2012
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The Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine has proposed to temporarily exempt imports of corn seeds to be used to resow winter crops from value added tax (VAT), until May 1, 2012.
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January 30, 2012
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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today called for submissions on an application to change the Food Standards Code to allow food derived from a genetically modified soybean.
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January 30, 2012
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NEW DELHI:
Acting on the directives of the Centre, States such as Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana are ready with their annual plans to boost horticulture production.
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January 30, 2012
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Monsanto’s Vegetable Seeds Division will be showcasing its new branding at the Fruit Logistica with its leading vegetable seeds brands, De RuiterTM and Seminis®. As part of their customer approach Monsanto will present its new chain team and brand strategy.
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January 30, 2012
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Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is releasing 17 new Pioneer® brand Optimum® AQUAmaxTM hybrids in the 96- to 116-day comparative relative maturities (CRMs) for drought-stressed environments, helping growers match the right product with the right acre.
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January 30, 2012
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The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences has come out with the latest policy paper on Biosafety Assurance for GM Food Crops in India that contains science-based recommendations and concrete actions for safe, inclusive and judicious harnessing of GM technologies for accelerated and sustained crop production.
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January 30, 2012
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YAVATMAL: Four cotton growers in Vidarbha committed suicide in the last three days as the local administration has stopped distribution of relief aid to crisis-ridden farmers because of the code of conduct in place for coming local bodies elections. This was an observation made by a local organization fighting for farmers' cause on Sunday.
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January 30, 2012
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NAGPUR: Lower than expected supplies tookcotton prices beyond 4,000 a quintal mark in the last fortnight. The crop linked with farmers woes in the region had become a political issue last year. Every party raised the banner demanding a hike in the minimum support price (MSP) to at least 6,000 a quintal from 3300 at present.
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January 30, 2012
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Food articles continued to witness deflation for the fourth week in a row for the seven-day period ended January 14.
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January 30, 2012
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Farmers in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, hurt by crashing prices, have taken to dumping their potatoes on the roads. This dramatic but little-watched series of events should be a warning: what hurts growers in the short run winds up hurting consumers in the longer run, as the iron laws of supply and demand act to discourage production.
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January 27, 2012
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KOCHI:
A joint initiative of farmers, exporters, the Spices Board, the Department of Agriculture and agricultural universities is needed to open a new platform and chalk out action plans related to improvement and enhancement of the quality of spices, especially of chillies in Andhra Pradesh, Dr A. Jayathilak, Chairman, Spices Board, said.
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January 27, 2012
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HYDERABAD:
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Thursday inaugurated the Horticulture Expo-2012 here, where farmers and agri product firms from across the country showcased their products and services. Mr Reddy interacted with the farmers at the stalls.
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January 27, 2012
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WA-BASED researchers have heralded the first year of genetically modified barley trials a success.
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January 27, 2012
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Krishidhan Seeds, an agricultural biotech company selling high quality commercial seeds, is betting big on increasing its revenues by exporting indigenously developed plant nutrients.
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January 27, 2012
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As the 2012 growing season approaches, cereal growers looking to plan ahead to control diseases will have a new option in Priaxor™ fungicide . BASF today announced research results that indicate Priaxor can effectively control some of the most troubling diseases in winter wheat and barley while also helping to boost yield potentials. Priaxor is expected to receive U.S. EPA registration in 2012.
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January 27, 2012
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Although it’s a common practice to study plant populations in field corn, University of Illinois associate professor of crop sciences and USDA-ARS ecologist Marty Williams, said almost no research exists for determining the number of plants needed to optimize yield in processing sweet corn, which accounts for most of the U.S. sweet corn acreage.
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January 24, 2012
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For many smallholder farmers in Africa, maize is life. Since its introduction onto the continent several centuries ago, maize has become a staple crop in many parts of Afric
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January 24, 2012
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A tomato grower is travelling to Kenya to help deal with a devastating disease that's killing the crop. He hopes what he's learned in his greenhouse in Prince Edward Island [Canada] will help farmers in Kenya.
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January 24, 2012
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Today the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announced it will co-sponsor an upcoming scientific summit on how to manage herbicide-resistant weeds – a costly and growing problem threatening crop production across the U.S. and around the globe.
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January 24, 2012
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Maize exports are likely to increase by 7% to three million tonnes in the ongoing 2011-12 marketing year on adequate supplies and expected higher demand owing to competitive prices.
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January 24, 2012
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Under a year since a huge tsunami inundated paddy fields in Japan with salty sludge, scientists are near to developing locally-adapted, salt-tolerant rice.
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January 24, 2012
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a state-run company to compensate farmers for supplying defective seeds to them. The court rejected the plea of National Seeds Corporation that it was not liable to pay compensation as it was governed by the provisions of the Seeds Act 1966 and not the Consumer Protection Act 1986.
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January 24, 2012
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New Delhi: For the first time, farmers complaining of faulty farm supply have won compensation under consumer laws, with the Supreme Court upholding the awards to about half-a-dozen parties who had sued National Seeds Corporation Ltd.
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January 23, 2012
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The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is one of the most damaging pests of soybean in Iowa and throughout the Midwest. The amount of yield loss that occurs is directly related to the SCN egg population densities (numbers) in the soil.
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January 23, 2012
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Over the years as roses have been bred for their beautiful blooms, most varieties have lost their fragrance.
Field-grown, mass-produced Florida tomatoes have a similar problem. Bred to produce lots of tomatoes that ship well, grow fast and resist pests and diseases, the plants may produce tomatoes that look pretty, but lack flavor.
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January 23, 2012
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Clues into the evolutionary diversification of brassicas have emerged from the draft Chinese cabbage genome sequence. Brassica crops include many agriculturally important vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, pak choi, turnip, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower, as well as various oilseed crops.
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January 23, 2012
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(Bloomberg) -- Corn farmers in France, the European Union’s largest producer, are planting their crop earlier compared with a decade ago as climate change causes higher temperatures, boosting yields, researchers and growers said.
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January 23, 2012
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The Kansas Soybean Association held its Kansas Soybean Expo in Topeka, Kan., on Jan. 11. A very popular program at the Soybean Expo is the update on soybean research at Kansas State University. This year researchers provided information on potassium levels in soil tests, soybean breeding, and glyphosate-resistant weeds.
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January 23, 2012
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Editor’s note: This is the second story in a two-part series in reaction to Monday’s announcement that the company BASF planned to move its plant science headquarters to the Research Triangle Park. The first story appeared in Saturday’s edition of The Herald-Sun.
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January 23, 2012
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PARIS, Jan 23: Scientists in Britain and Japan on Sunday unveiled a fast-track way towards breeding crops with higher yields or resistance to climate change.
Early beneficiaries should be Japanese farmers who need salt-loving rice plants after their fields were submerged in last year´s tsunami.
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January 23, 2012
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Despite the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal Government denying incidents of farmer suicides following non-availability of price for their crops, its coalition partner at the Centre and State, the Congress, on Saturday said that the party will send a fact-finding committee to the areas from where the incidents of suicides have been reported.
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January 23, 2012
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Agriculture economists are advising farmers to sow commercial crops such as maize, groundnut and small onions this season and reap good returns at harvest.
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January 20, 2012
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The area under Bt. Cotton, the only genetically-modified crop, approved for commercial cultivation by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), is reportedly set to be cultivated across 95.04 lakh hectares, for the year 2011-12, according to a statement by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries.
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January 20, 2012
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Vidarbha cotton farmers have urged the Indian government to come clean on the recent reported controversy of Hyped 'Desi Bt' Cotton Seeds having developed its own by Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR) and Agriculture universities having spent hundreds of crores over so-called research, which the ICAR has put in Bt cotton (genetically modified) variety.
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January 20, 2012
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This serene village, about 12 km from Udupi, is now facing a grim future as its unique crop ‘gulla’ — a round and aromatic variety of brinjal — is facing a fall in yield due to genetic contamination and incursion of saline water in the area.
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January 20, 2012
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WASHINGTON: Global prices of farm commodities like wheat and rice may decline by 11 per cent in 2012 due to a slowdown in demand and improved supply prospects, in part because high prices have led to greater investment, according to the World Bank.
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January 20, 2012
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Although the share of plantation crops in the country's merchandise export has declined to a little over 1 per cent currently from 20.8 per cent in 1950-51, it still remains a vital component in India's inclusive growth story.
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January 20, 2012
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A new pre-emerge or post-emerge corn herbicide that can be tank-mixed with glyphosate is now available for growers in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.
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January 20, 2012
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A recent study by David C. Bridges, Ph.D., agronomist and president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga., shows atrazine increases U.S. corn crop yields by about 7 bushels per acre, or more than 600 million bushels per year. In sorghum crops, yields rise by more than 13 bushels per acre with atrazine.
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January 19, 2012
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BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced today that it has been selected by the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology at the University of Missouri to re-sequence 1,008 soybean germplasm lines
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January 19, 2012
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Plant Bioscience Limited (PBL) is pleased to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued out US Patent No. 8,097,710 with fundamental claims directed to methods of inducing gene silencing using short RNA molecules, or DNA constructs encoding short RNA molecules, in a wide range of organisms, including in plants and humans.
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January 19, 2012
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Inspired by frequent bans on agri commodity exports to European countries due to their stringent pesticides residual norms, Delhi-based Camson Bio Technologies is developing Intragenic technology to help farmers sow one seed with many traits. The first of its kind of technology will help farmers reduce use of fertilizers and pesticides in addition to raise output, said Dhirendra Kumar, manaing director of Camson Bio Technologies, in an interview with Dilip Kumar Jha.
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January 19, 2012
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In a move that might impact cottonseed pricing across the country, Andhra Pradesh has reportedly decided not to increase the prices of seed for the ensuing kharif season. Prices, however, might come down in case of seed packets that contain non-cotton (redgram) seeds as refugia.
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January 19, 2012
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Prof. Abhijit Sen, Planning Commission Member, has said that (biotech) regulation should not increase monopolies. “The type of regulation we had actually increased monopoly rather than decreasing it.
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January 19, 2012
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Growers of field, seed and sweet corn in Eastern Canada will get another herbicide option this year for use against broadleaf weeds and grasses in their crops.
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January 19, 2012
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Rice growers seeking to get early control of the toughest broadleaf weeds – including glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth and marestail – now have the option of using Sharpen® herbicide, powered by Kixor® herbicide technology, for preplant burndown.
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January 18, 2012
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HYDERABAD:
A two-day international seminar starting here from Wednesday will debate whether biotechnology can help Indian agriculture achieve higher growth vis-à-vis concerns of bio-safety and environmental impact of transgenics.
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January 18, 2012
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NEW DELHI:
Jasmine growers near Coimbatore are now able to export them to the Gulf and the US, thanks to the packaging technology that has enhanced the shelf-life of the flowers.
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January 18, 2012
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The global seed treatment market reached to over $2250.0 million by the end of year 2010, and is expected to reach $3430.3 million by 2016, growing at a CAGR of 13.5% from 2011 to 2016. The North American market is expected to hold 22% of the global market share by 2016, at an estimated CAGR of 16.4% due to higher acceptance of GM seeds for soybean and maize/corn. Asia-Pacific is another fastest growing segment due to the constant push by government bodies for adoption of seed treatments with "100% seed treatment campaign". The market share of Asia-Pacific is expected to boost from $157.5 million in 2010 to $248.2 million by 2016, at an estimated CAGR of 14.4% from 2011 to 2016.
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January 18, 2012
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In a bid to improve agricultural productivity, the ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives has approved new varieties of seeds that are resistant to drought and diseases. The 26 seed varieties will start to be planted in the next farming season. They also take shorter times to mature and produce yields two or three times per acre.
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January 18, 2012
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For more information or to place an order, please visit our online store at the following link: https://www.seedtest.org/stream/nl-l---1--%400dfbc7321031--272.html
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January 18, 2012
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For the last 3 months, residents in Bomet County [Rift Valley province] have been concerned about the strange disease that has raided their farms. It is fast dimming their hopes. The maize stalks have withered, and each day, more keep succumbing. The maize wilted before even flowering.
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January 18, 2012
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The Two Blades Foundation (2Blades) announced today the completion of a non-exclusive license agreement with Syngenta, which provides Syngenta with access to TAL Code technology for commercial uses in certain crop plants.
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January 18, 2012
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The government of Rajasthan has revised the production forecast for guar seed marginally upwards in the second advanced estimates, announced late Tuesday evening.
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January 18, 2012
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The gains from Bt cotton must be consolidated by introducing new genetically modified varieties.
In less than a decade since its approval for sowing in 2002, the gene-altered, insect-protected Bt cotton has spread to cover more than 90 per cent of cultivated area, pushing most other varieties and hybrids out of cultivation. Farmers have eagerly adopted the transgenic variety, having seen the effect on their crop output; Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told Parliament that income has increased, on an average, by Rs 10,000 per hectare because of a reduction in the use of pesticides and higher yields.
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January 18, 2012
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With just three per cent of the area under cotton being irrigated, Maharashtra farmers need help through different channel rather than raising the minimum support price (MSP) for the natural fibre to Rs 6,000 a quintal.
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January 18, 2012
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The thought that farmers could turn innovators to solve their problems somehow did not seem to appeal to the common man or government. In reality a farmer's job extends beyond more than just growing and selling.
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January 18, 2012
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The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) and Austria-based International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC) will organise a three-day ICC India International Grains Conference in New Delhi from January 16.
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January 13, 2012
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The downtrend was driven by a sharp fall in international prices of cereals, sugar and oils due to bumper crops, coupled with slowing demand and a strong dollar, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
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January 13, 2012
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While the bad news for tomato-growers last Friday was that all Heinz tomato-sauce and ketchup ceased production in Australia, the big picture is that several massive investments in glasshouse tomatoes are creating opportunities for a new world-leading tomato industry in Australia.
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January 13, 2012
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The first generation of rice scientists might be no more; probably only one or two of the second generation still survive. But for the doyens of rice research, Tuesday was special as the farm varsity here commenced the four-day celebration of ‘100 years of rice research' to commemorate the completion of 100 years of its ‘Paddy Breeding Station'.
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January 13, 2012
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Cheaper vegetables have primarily contributed to inflation remaining in the negative territory for the second consecutive week. For the week-ended December 31, food inflation dropped to a negative 2.9 per cent compared with the same period a year ago. Last week, food inflation had dipped to a negative 3.36 per cent. Fuel inflation, however, was higher by 14.45 per cent during the review period.
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January 13, 2012
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Aiming to open up new challenges and opportunities towards improving the quality, safety and nutritional value of grain-based foods, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has teamed up with the Vienna,Austria-based International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC) to conduct the first ever ICC India International Grains Conference.
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January 12, 2012
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NAGPUR: BM Khadi had brought the seeds from his university to CICR after taking over as CICR director. In 2005, he involved CICR in conducting bio-safety trials and seems to have misused his power as director. Now, he admits to his mistake. "Something went terribly wrong during multiplication of seeds but it is difficult to say when and how.
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January 12, 2012
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NAGPUR: A series of failures on part of agricultural scientists at different levels to maintain scientific rigour while developing a new variety of Bt cotton has resulted in Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) having egg on its face.
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January 12, 2012
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NEW DELHI: Research work related to genetic modification (GM) in the agriculture sector is being conducted on 72 crops/plant species, Parliament was informed.
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