Drought, malnutrition and the agrarian crisis are symptomatic of a culture that’s letting […]
CONTINUE READINGNational IPR Policy cannot go against values and Ordre Public embodied in Indian Civilisation, the Indian Constitution, and the Indian Biodiversity and Patent Act.
CONTINUE READINGAcross the world, communities are saving and exchanging seeds in diverse ways […]. They are creating and recreating freedom — for the seed, for seed keepers, and for all life and all people.
CONTINUE READINGNative seeds and organic farming are the answer to drought and climate change, to farmers’ suicides and to the agrarian distress. They are also the answer to hunger and malnutrition.
CONTINUE READINGHundreds of thousands of Indian farmers being driven to suicide because of high costs of seed, and false promises is enough ground for the government to revoke Monsanto’s Bt cotton […]
CONTINUE READINGWhile the Centre is suing Monsanto, Maharashtra has signed an MoU with it to set up the biggest seed hub in India. How can a corporation taking lives be rewarded with the ‘Make in India’ label?
CONTINUE READINGBy Dr Vandana Shiva, 8 February 2016 Source: http://vandanashiva.com/?p=395 The policy paper by the NITI Aayog, “Raising Agricultural Productivity and […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Year of Pulses provides an opportunity to remember how important the diversity of our pulses is to the health of the soil and our health. When pulses are removed from farming […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Julia Kent – North Atlantic Books, 22 January 2016 Source: https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/ecology-sustainability/7-gmo-myths-debunked-vandana-shiva/ Taiwan is the latest on the growing list […]
CONTINUE READINGThe California law interferes in our duty to breed, save, exchange good open source seeds for […]
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