Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, Jan 30, 2006
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, Jan 30, 2006 |
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Agri-Biz & Commodities
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Cotton Centre backs AP in Bt cotton fee issue against Monsanto K.V. Kurmanath
Hyderabad , Jan. 29 THE Union Ministry of Agriculture has supported the Andhra Pradesh argument on the Bt (cotton) price issue. "It is indeed expensive. The point was made with the Monsanto CEO," Ms Radha Singh, Agriculture Secretary, told Business Line. Asked whether the Centre supported AP's view on the issue, she said there couldn't be a different opinion. A senior State Government official later said it had got the full backing of the Centre on the issue. The Andhra Pradesh Government had recently moved the MRTPC (Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices) challenging the high fee charged by Monsanto as trait value for its Bt cotton. Ms Radha Singh was here to present diploma certificates to input (pesticides and fertilisers) dealers who had completed a one-year course to equip them with necessary scientific inputs to guide the farmers. On training the dealers in guiding the farmers on effective usage of inputs, she said they could play a major role as they knew the local situation well and lived among the farmers. The DAESI (Diploma in Agricultural Extension Services for Input Dealers) was designed by the MANAGE (National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management).
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