Africa's big little anti-GM revolution

Burkina Faso's farmers have thrown out Monsanto's Bt cotton and returned to conventional seeds, with a little help from India.

Designer babies can lead to growth of homogenous individuals

A Chinese researcher has claimed that he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies but the development may come at a heavy cost

Scientists discover ‘safe’ GMOs

The synthetic organisms need amino acids to survive

Bt's soil chemistry

France rolls back GM policy

GM cotton less profitable than non-GM variety

Bollworm ignores high doses of insecticide

No more GM in Kolhapur fields

FSSAI’s draft labelling regulation has major gaps, weak on regulating GM food: CSE

The criteria for exemption from labelling of food containing GM ingredients need to be much stricter

‘BRAI will benefit both private and public sectors’

Introduction of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill has brought cheers to the agri-biotechnology industry that was facing …

Regulation of GM food subject to life inside it: Activists decry Centre’s strange decision

The government must uphold its duty to regulate the environment, health and nature, activists say as a consignment of GM soya gets clearance

Extreme climate can halve crop yields: Study

Global research quantifies impact of climate extremes on staple crops maize, spring wheat, rice and soybeans

Agricultural biotechnolgies a boon for family farmers, say experts

A range of biotechnologies can help bring about high yields, improve nutrition quality and add value to the productivity of crops, livestock,…

Punjab crop loss spurs debate on pesticide use

The scientist as a babu

Seed bill retake

Monitor seed prices, not just quality, say farmer groups  

Over 90 Tamil Nadu panchayats pass resolution against GM mustard

Letter urged the state government to write to the Union minister for environment, asking him to intervene and stop the planting of GM mustard in …

Traditional seeds need to be conserved for organic farming

At the 19th Organic World Congress, more than 55 groups have come together to call for the conservation of indigenous seeds and shunning GM crops

Biotech is not just GM

Michael Antoniou teaches Molecular Genetics at King's College, London. In his spare time, he likes to help non-profits with information on the …

What's the fuss about Bt brinjal?

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Mondal, director-general of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), is among the handful of people who have …

Pro-GM farmers stage protest near Parliament

Farmers' organisations demand rejection of technical experts committee report recommending indefinite ban on field trials of GM crops

The many ways of GM contamination

Doug Gurian-Sherman, a senior scientist in the food and environment programme at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), is among the most …

Pawar's daughter on panel that will examine biotechnology Bill

Supriya Sule joins Parliament panel on science and technology; panel to submit report on Bill that gives easy access to GM crops in three months

Seeds of decline

Frequent pest attacks, rising seed costs and declining returns are forcing farmers to abandon India's first genetically modified (GM) crop, Bt …

Hard time for honeybees

Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …