"If the government doesn't listen, we will rebel"
Mahendra singh Tikait, Bharatiya Kisan Union
Mahendra singh Tikait, Bharatiya Kisan Union
M D Nanjundaswamy, president, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha.
Sharad Joshi, Shetkari Sanghatana
Bhupinder Singh Mann, MP,ABharatiya Kisan Union
• Plant varieties to be brought within the purview of patents. This provision will be reviewed four years after the agreement comes into force. • Countries to provide
The government says there are opportunities to improve the Dunkel packager but not all are convinced that it is trying hard enough. Environmentalists and farmers fear the country may wind up having to accept a fait accompli.
Indian government"s concerns with theDunkel draft Commerce ministry"s comments: What the critics say: If the facility for process palents,
Developing countries are concerned by the silent disappearance of some and the qver-simplificalion of other provisions of the Brussels Draft, 1990 -the first draft agreement
The attack on a Bangalore seed company was reported as the start of a farmers' movement against globalisation of agriculture. Now, some farmers find the GATT proposals beneficial.
Proposal by manufacturers to withdraw import concessions on certain pesticides is resented by farmers who fear that it will result in major price hikes.
Small farmers protesting the monopoly of multinationals over the world's food resources take to the streets in Bangalore.
Whether it"s increasing yields, cutting growth time of plants, increasing their resistance to disease or preserving genetic resources, scientists say tissue culture could be an important answer to farmers" prayers. Small wonder then that industry, with it
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EVEN as J R D Tata, the grand old man of Tata Sons Ltd, called upon people to support the shrimp-farm project at Chilika the Union forests and environment minister Kamal Nath nominated scientists D
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Despite restrictions on harmful pesticides, their use by farmers continues. This is forcing foreign countries to reduce imports substantially of farm products from India.
Sharad Joshi, the well known, controversial farm leader from Maharashtra, outlines a new strategy for agriculture.
Sugarcane farmers in rural Karnataka are making jaggery using an efficient and smoke free stove designed and promoted by a school headmaster.
Farm forestry was promoted in India in the late 1970s to produce fuelwood for rural consumption. The program was immensly successful in the green revolution region in the early 1980s, but farmers produced