Seeds of decline

Frequent pest attacks, rising seed costs and declining returns are forcing farmers to abandon India's first genetically modified (GM) crop, Bt …

'Failing to support GM crops single most damaging element for growth'

The European Association for Bio-Industries (EuropaBio) says the decision by 16 EU nations to opt out of GMO crop cultivation has taken away the …

States’ entry ruffles GM lobby

Biotech firms object to states getting a say in approving GM crop trials

Scientifically invalid

Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science

Rajasthan opens farm gates

State ties up with Monsanto, other biotech giants to restructure agriculture

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

How competent is Indian science?

A shoddy inter-academy report on GM crops casts a shadow on the integrity and competence of Indian science, while a US expert finds approval for …

Will the boom last?

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector, globally, as well as in India has seen a bull run of sorts. In January this year, …

Reluctant funding

Compromise on resources salvages CBD conference; marine protection gets big boost

Letters

We give them complete mentorship

IN a special programme to help industry, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has created Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Programme …

Breaking ties

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Rajasthan seed initiative wilts

MoUs with biotech seed companies in limbo as protests force a rethink

GM crop benefits are all in future

Nearly 40 years ago, Marc Van Montagu of Ghent University in Belgium, along with fellow researcher Jeff Schell, discovered that Agrobacterium …

Rajasthan scraps seed pacts

ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety

In the wrong ministry?

Biotech Regulatory Authority will have too much power, no checks

Regulatory battle

Industry and activists have expressed conflicting opinions on GM crops. GEAC has a difficult decision to make

ABCDE of Obama’s sales pitch

It’s still open season for bio-piracy

Rich nations block accord on benefit-sharing rules for the world’s genetic resources

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

Why do we need patents?

There is no empirical evidence that patents serve to increase innovation and productivity

Rotten tomato for Monsanto

US biotech giant's claim on a natural tomato is its latest patent to be revoked by Europe after soy and wheat

Why experts want GM freeze

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

Moily bats for GM trials

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

Rogue GM crops wreak havoc

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