Potato rots at cold storage, farmers block NH-19
The district administration, instructed the cold storage operator to compensate the farmers at the rate of Rs 890 per bag against their loss.
The district administration, instructed the cold storage operator to compensate the farmers at the rate of Rs 890 per bag against their loss.
Nine farmers from Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts were sued by PepsiCo in two separate courts for allegedly growing a variety of potatoes for which the company has claimed plant variety protection (PVP) rights, and sought damages ranging from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 1 crore from each of them. Agitated by PepsiCo's earlier decision to sue potato growing farmers for allegedly growing a variety of potato registered by it, around 25 major farmers' bodies of Gujarat and the country, including Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), along with activists and NGOs have decided to form a central body - Seed Sovereignty Forum - to protect farmers' rights on seeds. A meeting to chalk out an action plan under this umbrella body was held on Friday at the Gujarat Vidyapith here, said farm rights activist, Kapil Shah of NGO 'Jatan'.
PepsiCo, the manufacturers of popular Lays chips, has initiated legal suits against at least nine farmers for growing FC-5 potato variety
The West Bengal government has extended transport subsidy to January 15 for potato farmers to help clear their stock from cold storages…
