Last Updated: 27 Dec 2023
Problem: Farmers defrauded by nurseries[1]
Farmer realise about the fraud multiple years after he plants the saplings as the crop does not bear fruit because of pre-harvest disease
Solution[1:1]
-- Tracking & Traceability of plants using QR codes
-- Strict punishment for nurseries on failure of the crop due to diseased saplings/seeds
Punjab becomes 1st state to start this Clean Plant Programme[1:2]
Punjab framed the rules for enactment of the Punjab Fruit Nurseries (Amendment) Bill on 26 Dec 2023[2]
The soil testing of the 23 nurseries in the state and root stock & mother plants has been started
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