14.5 MT of hybrid maize seeds handed over: Miniser

Gehan Tuesday, 22 November 2022 01:41 PM

There goes another part the country's future food security over to multinationals for sterile GM seeds.

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Harak Katak Tuesday, 22 November 2022 02:58 PM

Is it better to just import maize from Thailand, and instead use even half of the 100,000 hectares to produce Cannabis (Marijuana) for export purpose. Why always just the same old same old, instead of trying higher earning cash crops.

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Sarath sirisena Tuesday, 22 November 2022 03:22 PM

I believe hybrid varieties will produce yields larger thal local seeds. But in the days and years gone by, the seed requirement for next season was always obtained by keeping aside some quantity of the harvest. Thus we never ran short of seed materials, be it Paddy, fruits, vegetables etc See what has happened to our lushious Papaw ( yellow variety) now completely overtaken by hubris seed varieties such as Red Lady etc, which also requires chemical protection from pests and deceases unheard of a few decades back. We have excellent researchers in the field of agriculture but unfortunately they are moved about like pawns on a chess board by politicians, who prefer to follow advises of un-related and unqualified sources. Let us even at this stage develop our own seed suitable for our climate. Let us save our country and it’s people from this vicious cycle of dependency and produce our own clones , seeds etc as the TRI , CRI, RRI and Rice research institute has done .

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