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Maharashtra farmers' group agitates for 'freeing' GM seeds, but illegal varieties are rampant in India
Meena Menon • 6 years agoAbout 1,000 Maharashtra farmers, under the aegis of the Shetkari Sanghatana, participated in a 'civil disobedience' movement in favour of GM seeds. They planted herbicide tolerant (HT) Bt cotton, which is not approved for cultivation or sale in India.
5,000 farmers in Maharashtra to sow genetically modified seeds of brinjal, cotton to protest ban on such crops
• 6 years agoThe Shetkari Sanghatana is opposed to the ban on GM crops as they are beneficial to farmers, its spokesperson Lalit Bahale said.
Agricultural crisis: Why BJP's poll promise of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 is a lofty ambition
Vivian Fernandes • 6 years agoDoubling farmers’ inflation-adjusted income from the current levels, say in six years, will be possible if the government acts in mission mode.
SC backs Monsanto on GM cotton payments; ruling positive for foreign agri firms planning to invest in India
• 6 years agoThe decision on appeal overturns an earlier ruling by the Delhi High Court that Monsanto was unable to claim patents on GM cotton seeds.
Farm loan waiver: As Maha CM Fadnavis 'studies' UP model, parties discard ideology for power
Mahesh • 8 years agoIsn’t it odd that a party which has its nominee in the Maharashtra government led by Devendra Fadnavis should organize an agitation demanding the waiver of loans to farmers? And that the same party has an MP as part of the Modi-led NDA? It is another matter that it was done on the platform of a farmers’ organisation.
Deregulation of produce market from APMC is bound to fail, thanks to haphazard arrangements
Mahesh • 9 years agoFarmers who have been working with the APMC were unprepared to find reliable platforms to sell without the committee's help.
Too little, too late? 3 years after Monsanto’s Bt gene went off patent, govt wakes up
Vivianfernandes • 10 years agoThe government has suggested to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) that the gene be incorporated in re-sowable straight line varieties and supplied cheaper to farmers than Bt cotton hybrids
Farmers' group to protest at Maharashtra CM's Nagpur residence on Saturday
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAfter failing to get assurance from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over adequate compensation for their damaged crop, the Shetkari Sanghatana, a farmers group, on Friday decided to go ahead with their agitation and hold a sit-in at his residence in Dharampeth on Saturday.
Maharashtra farmers to hold sit-in at Fadnavis' Nagpur house on 30 Nov
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThe Shetkari Sanghatana has decided to hold a sit-in in front of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' residence in Nagpur in Dharampeth on 30 November to press for relief to distressed farmers.
Cong is finished, BJP our main rival: AAP in Maharashtra
Fp Archives • 11 years agoMaharashtra convenor of AAP Anjali Damania answers questions on AAP's strategy, anti-corruption struggle and its biggest rivals in the state.