GM crops: Here to stay

The Indian government is dead keen on GM crops. But what about a policy first?

Where is the sceptical indian scientist?

WTO says US failed on subsidies

Drained royally by MNCs

Royalty payments to firms like Suzuki and Monsanto are sucking out huge sums from India

The GM question

Are hybrid maize seeds being promoted to pave the way for GM maize?

ICAR’s shoddy science

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

Cleaning the cotton stain

ICAR sets up independent investigation into Bt Bikaneri Narma research scam

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

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

GM and the superhero

Letters

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

Bytes

New Independence struggle

Rajasthan opens farm gates

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

Does Cry1Ac gene harm plants?

A new Indian study says yes, but scientists differ  

No labelling for GM food

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

News 360°-Brief

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs

Agriculture ministry bats for GM crops

Calls for a national policy on GM crops in its report to Parliament

Monsanto conducted trials of GM maize without approval, reveals RTI reply

Biotech regulatory panel overlooked violation

News 360° - Briefs

Bangladesh adopts climate-resilient cotton farming to fix trade deficit

One of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change, Bangladesh is examining climate resilient ways to boost domestic cotton …

Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm developed resistance to Bt Cotton

Entomologists say early and late sowing, long-duration crops and not planting other varieties against advice may have contributed to resistance …

Technology needs stewardship

Keshav Raj Kranthi, an entomologist by training, is director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. He has developed an extensive …

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 …