Will coronavirus lockdown cause food shortages in India?
On 31 March, Asia’s biggest onion market fell silent. The market in Lasangaon in the western Indian [...]
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Syngenta Partners with Fair Labor Association to Improve Wages at seeds field production growing areas in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
– Syngenta pilot project improves wages at seeds field production growing areas in two regions in [...]
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the European Seed Sector – Ireland
Interview with Tim O’Donovan, Technical Director, Seedtech – April 2, 2020. European Seed (ES): Tim, what [...]
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Seeds of paddy and other crops would be supplied to needy farmers on the doorstep by pesticides and seed dealers
To ensure a regular and necessary supply of medicines to needy persons, Faridkot Deputy Commissioner Kumar [...]
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Lockdown hits paddy seed growers across Odisha. Unless permission is granted for movement of labourers, it would not be possible to operate the seeds processing units.
Sources in the Agriculture department said the seed processing units and testing labs find it difficult to [...]
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Australia to subsidise air freight for agri exports to offset virus freeze
Australia’s government said on Wednesday it will spend A$110 million ($67.40 million) to subsidise air [...]
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Govt urged to ease ammonia supply, maintenance work for cold storages
“Ammonia is urgently required in many cold storages as the temperature is rising and any delay would cause [...]
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India needs 250 Lac quintals of quality seed to have A successful Kharif 2020 and lockdown can cause more damage to Seed Industry – An Interview with Indra Shekhar Singh, Director of the policy and outreach
In an interview with News X Channel on March 29,2020 Indra Shekhar Singh, Director of the Policy and [...]
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Amid Covid19 outbreak, Vietnam will stockpile 270,000 Tons of rice to ensure food safety.
Vietnam said it will stockpile 270,000 tonnes of rice, including 80,000 tonnes of unhusked rice, to ensure [...]
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FSII urged both central and state governments to support the uninterrupted movements of seeds & agricultural produce
Amid lockdown in several states due to coronavirus, seed industry associations on Monday appealed both [...]
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