Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the …

As India gets ready to unleash a vast number of genetically modified (GM) food crops, politicians have joined activists in opposing engineered …

Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato

It distributed Monsanto’s hybrid maize seeds that were not recommended for the state

Krishi Bhavan supports endosulfan companies; Kerala protests

The BJP has declined participation in a Monsanto organised study tour. But such veiled lobbying could become stock-in-trade of transgenic …

Chinese scientists appear to be more open to discussing the risks and ethics of new technologies than their Indian counterparts

After he revives regulatory body for GM crops, industry demands removal of state clearances

Say regulatory system has grave deficiencies; challenge agriculture ministry’s claims

Monsanto’s unauthorised GM wheat in the US has spooked the world, but contamination is widespread

Even as Bt cotton invaded Indian fields in the past few years, some farmer groups kept pushing for organic cotton. In 2009-10, production in …