Bt contaminating organic cotton

Bt traces in 30% organic cotton garments; may hit exports

Science and Technology - Briefs

Maharashtra farmers demand better price. Chief minister offers aid package

Considering the acreage of soybean, cotton and paddy, the aid would be a paltry Rs 941 per ha

Divided over royalty

Should states or private seed companies  regulate price of Bt cotton seed?  

INDIA

Pesticide-ridden Punjab to begin cancer registration

Healthcare in Malwa in shambles

Chhattisgarh will not allow GM crops

Chandrasekhar Sahu, agriculture minister of Chhattisgarh, is passionate about making farming a viable proposition for farmers. He has written …

Pink bollworm resistant to Bt: Monsanto

Commercial interest behind claim, says Centre’s research institute

Uzbek farmers face criminal charges for not growing cotton, wheat

'Bt cotton has improved farmers' lives'

At the same time genetically modified cotton has increased fertilizer and water usage, resulting in high input costs, says study funded by farmers'…

WTO says US failed on subsidies

Idea of farmer wisdom is relentlessly manipulated

As a visiting American academic, Glenn Davis Stone has put in over 60 weeks of field research on the impact of Bt cotton on farmers in Andhra …

ICAR’s shoddy science

Inquiry panel finds Bt cotton project had serious flaws, scientists were unethical

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam

GM food debate hots up again

Gilles-Eric Seralini, one of the first scientists to warn the world about the dangers of genetically modified food, counters pro-GM scientists in …

CAG report a wake-up call for ‘sick’ Assam PSUs

Report shows that of 40 PSUs in the state, 21 incurred heavy losses in 2013-14

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Monsanto told to quit India

Farmers from 20 states to present national flag made from non-Bt organic cotton to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Independence Day

Spread of GM plants out of control in many countries, says report

German-based non-profit says transgenes from species such as bentgrass, oilseed rape and cotton have already escaped permanently into the …

Does Cry1Ac gene harm plants?

A new Indian study says yes, but scientists differ  

Vidarbha farmers unhappy with minimum support price for cash crops

Agriculture ministry overlooked increased input and labour costs, ignored state government recommendations

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law

Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials

Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs