When Arvind Shinde (identify changed), a farmer from Aurangabad purchased a bag of HT cotton seeds from a trader, he was certain of having a bumper crop. However, as seeds unsuccessful to germinate he realised that he was duped by the trader. But he could not sign up a police […]
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Gujarat farmers rush for groundnut seeds as monsoon rains approach
Farmers in Gujarat are found rushing for groundnut seeds as the monsoon rains inch closer with the approaching cyclonic storm up coming 7 days. Groundnut cultivation in the State is expected to leap by at minimum 20-25 per cent to hit a report 19 lakh hectares, up from fifteen.fifty two […]
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Arctic ‘doomsday vault’ stocks up on more food seeds
An Arctic “doomsday vault” was set to acquire on Tuesday sixty,000 samples of seeds from about the world as the largest global crop reserve stocks up for a global catastrophe. The seeds are to be deposited in the vault within a mountain in close proximity to Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen Island […]