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Everyone is stealing germplasm
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2012
Why do you say our bio-resources are going out of India? We have laws to safeguard them.
Interviewee:
Ralladoddi Hampaiah
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Sapped for sal seed
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2012
The roads in the thickly forested Baigachak region of Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district are these days covered with sal seeds. After a gap of three years, sal (Shorea robusta) trees have yielded seeds in abundance, promising good returns for the resident Baiga tribe, which collects the seeds for a living.
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Crazy GM patent system
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2012
Patent laws governing the use of genetically modified (GM) seeds are downright crazy. For one, royalty on GM seeds never ever ends.
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Monsanto does it again
Issue Date: May 15, 2012
April 26 is celebrated as International Seed Day when you rejoice in the vast biodiversity of the world— shrinking at a horrifying rate—and also fight for seed and food sovereignty. The last two appear to be a losing battle. In India, control of seeds has slipped out of farmers’ hands into those of the companies.
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Congratulations, it is an eye opener to other states that are thinking of such schemes.
In Hyderabad, the government...
Thanks. You have raised a very pertinent issue. My family is a great lover of Makhana and we use it in different ways. Slowly...