Rice genome decoded

Will poor farmers benefit from rice progress?

On trial

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HapMap released

Makes for more effective cure of several diseases

SC imposes ban on field trials of GM crops

SC permits conditional field trials of GM crops

Punjab fails to monitor GM trial

Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato

KENYA

The newcomer

Transgenic cotton is poised to enter the Indian market

Bullying tactics

Sowing panic

India becomes second largest producer of cotton

In short

Tamil Nadu blacklists Mahyco's Bt Cotton seeds after crop failures

GM Mustard: Doctors demand ban on crops, uprooting of trial plantations

Over 100 doctors across India submit letter to PM Modi warning of health concerns

Follow Up

Starved of substance

No headway made at World Food Summit in accelerating efforts to eliminate hunger

Even the mice won't eat

Tests on mice prove that GM food might be more suspect than lobbyists would have us believe

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Seeds of discontent?

India's first legislation aimed at protecting farmers' rights raises many apprehensions

GM blues

Controversy dogs Bt cotton clearance as debate over transgenics continues

In short

Up against GM

States’ entry ruffles GM lobby

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

Another pesticide treadmill