Monsanto at the receiving end of Bt cotton pricing policy

Monsanto losing price war with state governments

Punjab crop loss spurs debate on pesticide use

Biotech is not just GM

Michael Antoniou teaches Molecular Genetics at King's College, London. In his spare time, he likes to help non-profits with information on the …

COTTON CONCERN

Seed of a dispute

Monsanto on strong wicket

Focus shifts to man-made fibre

Farmers sidelined in draft national fibre policy

Transgenic cotton trials

Bt: Acquiring shades of grey

Pyrrhic victory

Seeds of doubt

ARGENTINA

Harvesting joy or sorrow?

Global warming would decrease crop production in developing countries but increase it in the industrialised world

South Asia

Farmers detained for 'incident-free' Vibrant Gujarat summit

Facing losses due to low prices of cotton and groundnut, farmers planned a rally last Sunday to catch the government’s attention

Trial or error?

The Indian government grants permission for trials of transgenic cotton

Report rubbished

Chinese scientists shoot down research on shortcomings of Bt cotton

Go ahead

Six GM cotton varieties to be cultivated in three states

SC imposes ban on field trials of GM crops

Bt fails in China

Natural cotton gets brown hue

Indian scientists develop a variety of coloured cotton, characterised by stability of lint colour, spinnable fibre quality and a fairly good yield

The newcomer

Transgenic cotton is poised to enter the Indian market

India becomes second largest producer of cotton

Parched soil

Balochistan, Sindh face drought

In short

Historian Heather Goodall on indigenous people, water in Australia

Heather Goodall, a historian at the University of Technology, Sydney, has a special interest in Australia's indigenous people--especially their …