MIAMI GROUP VS rest of the world

Are genetically modified organisms a miracle that will solve the world's hunger problems or a menace that will threaten human health, environment …

GEAC has power only to withdraw permission

Arjula R Reddy, a plant geneticist, was appointed co-chairperson of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) in 2009. At present, he …

Rogue GM crops wreak havoc

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

States’ entry ruffles GM lobby

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

Another pesticide treadmill

ARGENTINA

Sowing confusion

Authorities speak in different voices over the fate of genetically modified crops

Breach of trust

The world’s premier rice research institute tilts towards intellectual property rights

Question of safety

The Bangkok conference on the risks of genetically modified corps advocated greater investment of public funds in bio-safety research

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

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

Bt Cotton imbroglio

A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?

Report on GM crops unfortunate: industry

The parliamentary committee on agriculture has strongly criticised the regulatory system on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, …

Supergrass

Here is the latest on genetically-modified plants with enough power to neutralise some of the most potent pollutants we know today

Beware the modified wolf

Will bureaucrats choose to throw farmers and ecology to the mercy of multinational corporations by preparing the way for cultivation of …

Furore over seeds

The age of discovery

Research in rice genomics could be the key to eradicating hunger through environmentally sustainable methods, says Latha Rangan

Bt-by-Bt assessment

On November 10, 2002, people wearing 'Bollgard' caps visited cotton farmer R Narsimha Reddy at his home in Aleru, a village in Nalgonda, Andhra …

Modified by climate

Global warming has resulted in genetic alternations among living beings

Playing safe

Low cost, high risk

Manipulating research

Weedy resistance

Why experts want GM freeze

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

Regulatory battle

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

Gearing up for Bt cotton

Farmers ready to sow GM cotton in Andhra Pradesh