Pakistani star brings edible plastic from mango seeds
Why not edible plastic: Plastic is the “mother of all industries” once said by an expert and is accurate keeping
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Analysis of seeds marketing in district Layyah
Seeds are important primary inputs as they effectively contribute in achieving higher production to meet the growing food requirements of
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Genome sequencing of ancient wheat seeds
Chinese scientists have sequenced the whole genome of 3,800-year-old wheat seeds unearthed from Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, decoding the food
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Sunflower; a wise choice among oil seeds
Pakistan produces only ¼ of edible oil of its need, however, remaining ¾ have to be imported. Almost 212 billion
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Strategic policy moot over GMO commercial cultivation
Military’s Strategic Planning Division (SPD), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Ministry of Food Security & Research (NFS&R) talk over the deliberate policy
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Chinese scientists succeed in developing clonal seeds from hybrid rice
Chinese scientists have succeeded in developing clonal seeds from hybrid rice, said an online paper published in Nature Biotechnology Friday
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National Biosafety Committee, confer import of GMO seeds
The 19th National Biosafety functioning faction conferred the import of genetically modified organism (GMO Seeds) canola and soybean seeds. GMO
Read moreEX-SITU CONSERVATION OF PLANT SPECIES THROUGH SEEDS
People from ancient times are practicing seed collection and storage. This collection and storage was limited and some specified seeds
Read moreGovt stops GM corn seeds sale as pressure builds
STAFF REPORT ISB: As pressure has started mounting from agricultural scientists and farmers, the government has stopped the commercial sale of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds, in an about-turn after its earlier permission to certain multinational companies to market their seeds, but without meeting the basic criteria.
A federal secretary, who was part of a recent meeting held at the Ministry of Climate Change, told the media that the stakeholders present in the huddle decided
Commercialisation of GM corn seeds allowed sans field trials
STAFF REPORT ISB: The federal government has granted permission to multinational companies for commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds in Pakistan, despite the two senior ministers’ claims in the National Assembly that GM crops would never be allowed in the country.
According to sources, the Ministry of Climate Change has awarded licences to different companies including Monsanto and DuPont/Pioneer for the commercialization of GM crops in the country.
They
Farmers given free fertilizers, low-priced veggie seeds
STAFF REPORT MULTAN: The Punjab government has provided free fertilizers and pesticides besides vegetables seeds at low price to farmers for cultivation of vegetables at 687 demonstration plots in the province.
Exactly 312 open field plots and 375 tunnel farms are being cultivated for potato, tomato, onion, chili and garlic and quality seed of these vegetables was provided to farmers in cooperation with Punjab Seed Corporation (PSC), said the Punjab Agriculture Department.
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PAD initiative to distribute free Disease Resistant wheat seeds to growers
STAFF REPORT FAISALABAD: The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has decided to distribute free of cost wheat seed to 23,838 growers in the province. The Punjab government has allocated an amount of Rs 300 million for this programme. The balloting method will be adapted to enlist the growers who will be provided with the wheat seeds.
This was divulged by Senior Official of PAD. He said that each enlisted farmer will be provided with free 200 kilogram seed for cultivation of wheat at area
PAD initiative to distribute free Disease Resistant wheat seeds to growers
STAFF REPORT FAISALABAD: The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has decided to distribute free of cost wheat seed to 23,838 growers in the province. The Punjab government has allocated an amount of Rs 300 million for this programme. The balloting method will be adapted to enlist the growers who will be provided with the wheat seeds.
This was divulged by Senior Official of PAD. He said that each enlisted farmer will be provided with free 200 kilogram seed for cultivation of wheat at area
The dynamics and potential of Oil Seeds in Pakistan
IN PAKISTAN, there is less established cropping system for oilseed crops. Most of the area under major crops is situated in Indus basin. The major crops in the existing cropping system are wheat, cotton, rice and maize. However, some pockets for sunflower such as rice-sunflower-rice and cotton-sunflower-cotton are emerging. Currently, 0.754 million ha of the total cropped area are under oilseed crops are Sunflower Rapeseed – Mustard, Sesame, Groundnut, Linseed, Safflower, Soybean and
Pakistan 4th biggest user of Bt cotton seeds
STAFF REPORT ISB: Bt cotton is being cultivated on 83 per cent of the total sowing area under the crop in Pakistan, which the fourth biggest user of Bt cotton seeds in the world.
"The Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) seeds are sown mostly in Punjab (82.65pc) and Sindh (83.23pc)," said Federal Textile Minister Abbas Khan Afridi told the National Assembly during the current session.
He said that the gene used in local varieties was Mon 531 or Cry1AC, and its patent had expired,
Govt set to import cotton seeds despite ban
STAFF REPORT ISB: The federal government is opening doors for introducing various varieties of cotton seeds produced by foreign firms despite a ban on their import.
The Plant Quarantine Act 1976 prohibits the import of any kind of cotton seed, both genetically modified (GMO) and non-genetically modified.
The Act also prohibits the import of cotton from America and states. "American cotton shall not be imported into Pakistan by any means except with a special permission. No
Dilemma of GM seeds
Recent approval of the Seed Act Amendment Bill 2014 by the Cabinet and National Assembly standing committee has not only strengthened the apprehensions that a plan has been made to mix and later completely replace local seeds with genetically modified (GM) seeds but also raised serious questions about the quality of future of agriculture in the country. This seed replacement plan, rather a conspiracy has been hatched by the leading international seed companies especially Monsanto, Syngenta