Jabberwocky: Seedy business.

(From The Statesman (India))

Samantak Das PERHAPS the most important event in Indian agriculture since the Green Revolution has so far received no mention at all in the mainstream media. Never heard of the Seeds Bill 2004, dear reader? Never fear, here it is in a nutshell.

This Bill, already introduced in Parliament, and likely to become the Seeds Act of 2005 sometime in March, will bring every single producer of seed in India (read millions and millions of farmers) under the direct supervision and control of the government. Under the provisions of this Bill, no farmer will be able to create new varieties of seed or share the fruits of his/her ingenuity with …