जानिए, कैसे जीएम फसलों ने भारत में घुसपैठ की

प्रतिबंध के बावजूद भारत में गुपचुप तरीके से जीएम बीजों ने प्रवेश किया और धीरे-धीरे पूरे देश में फैल गए। 

बीटी बैंगन की फसल उखाड़कर जमीन में दबाई

प्रशासन का कहना है कि फसल के बीटी बैंगन होने की पुष्टि नहीं होने के कारण अभी किसान के खिलाफ कार्रवाई नहीं की गई है।  

Survival menu

Bajra is nutritious, tasty and freely available

‘Biodiversity is integral to maintaining food security’

National Biodiversity Authority representative underlines importance of all food crops at Chennai meet

No GM Mustard for now; Centre puts commercial release on hold following protests

In May, the government panel had cleared commercial release of GM Mustard with certain conditions

Spice woes

Thousands of Mizoram farmers now face an impending financial crisis, thanks to the apathy of the state government

Now compatible with innovation

Scientists unearth plant gene that will help effortlessly develop hybrids of many crops

Women grow food basket

Maharashtra district revives an old farm practice and tackles drought

On second thought

Mineral-packed crops

Poor-proof

The 'relevance' of GM crops to the needs of developing countries and 'ownership' of GM has to be guided by sound policy

Post-production

Labelling informs the consumer on whether a product contains GM content. Europe has adopted labelling, but the US objects

Pollen travails

Flying GM pollen raises a range of concerns. These should be taken note of when going in for GM crops

Safety first

The health effects of GM foods can only be known over the long term. Safety evaluations should take this into account

Unprepared

GM crops have been introduced into India. But the country lacks a comprehensive policy to regulate them

Illegal GM Soybean: Farmers’ body demands CBI probe into GEAC inaction  

The biosafety regulatory body denies receiving any complain about illegal cultivation of GM Soybean in some parts of Gujarat

बर्बाद फसल के मुआवजे के लिए भटक रहे हैं उत्तर प्रदेश के किसान

मॉनसून के दौरान अत्याधिक बारिश और बाढ़ के कारण उत्तर प्रदेश में भी फसल बर्बाद हुई है, लेकिन अब तक मुआवजा न मिलने के ...

सोयाबीन में सुनहरा मौका

सोयाबीन अमेरिका-चीन के बीच व्यापार युद्ध का मुख्य केन्द्र बन गया है। क्या भारत इसका उत्पादन और प्रसंस्करण क्षमता बढ़ाकर लाभ ले सकता है?

Matter of taste

Our vegetables have become blemish-free, resistant to pest and long-lasting, but they have lost their flavour in the process

In search of hunger

While the fare at the Rome Food Summit was aimed mainly to help tummy trimming of ambitious plans drawn up earlier, the general feeling of the …

Meagre gains

Money plants?

How green is your money? Investors try to figure out as plantation companies take them for a ride

Betel back in Taiwan

Fuel farming

Dashes of fire