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Delta farmers turn to seed testing Updated: Updated: Share Article Special Correspondent The practice of testing seeds to check their quality is fast catching up among delta farmers and seed dealers going by the data available with the Seed Testing Laboratory (STL), Thanjavur. Normally, farmers rely on the seed certificate issued by the Directorate of Seed Certification, Coimbatore, while deciding on the variety of paddy or other crops they want to cultivate in their fields. Their trust in the...

Malnutrition prevalence remains alarming as stunting is declining too slowly while wasting still impacts the lives of far too many young children. Nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to undernutrition.

SAHIWAL: The local chapter of the Seed Association of Pakistan (SAP) has shown strong reservations about proposed changes to the federal seed certification laws for providing space to multinational seed companies to operate in provinces. It demanded the strict enforcement of the actual federal seed certification law, which provided a mechanism for foreign seed multinational firms to obey protocols listed for introduction of any new seed, both hybrid or genetically modified, at the local level. ...