Will seeds bill make it this time?

Opposition parties say the draft is still not farmer-friendly

A treasure too good to lose

Mexicans are fighting hard to save their traditional maize from the onslaught of GM hybrids and US exports

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

SC okays Monsanto’s patent claim over Bt cotton

The agri-business giant earlier had a setback at Delhi high court

Revoking Monsanto's GM cotton patent is of little help to farmers let down by the technology

Designed to resist the bollworm pest, Monsanto's Bollgard II is seen as useless as the pink bollworm ravages cotton fields across the country

Seed revolution that lasted five days

Agriculture ministry's bravado in bringing seeds under compulsory licensing was short-lived

Public protests mount against Bt brinjal

Supreme Court seeks details on steps to protect indigenous varieties

Rotten tomato for Monsanto

US biotech giant's claim on a natural tomato is its latest patent to be revoked by Europe after soy and wheat

Brazil’s GM corns no more resistant against bugs

Farmers demand compensation as seed companies blame farmers

GM and the superhero

Everyone is stealing germplasm

When agronomist Ralladoddi Hampaiah was advisor to the Russian government, he discovered how easy it was to take genetic resources out of India. …

US court quashes Monsanto's 'undemocratic' plea to Avaaz to hand over internal documents

The order prevents the agrochemical major from silencing the civic network that has been working actively to stop EU from re-issuing a …

Even Japan not equipped to protect biosafety, says anti-GM group

Consumers' Union of Japan says its government has been unable to deal with the health and livelihood problems arising from imported GM canola

Regulatory battle

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

GM food debate hots up again

Gilles-Eric Seralini, one of the first scientists to warn the world about the dangers of genetically modified food, counters pro-GM scientists in …

Rajasthan scraps seed pacts

ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety

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Private sector is profiting from vacuum left by ICAR

In the agriculture research hierarchy, Swapan Kumar Datta occupies the second rung, one of eight deputy director generals (DDGs) in the Indian …

The real weed

The WHO says it causes cancer and studies link it to many diseases. Countries have been struggling to ban or restrict its use. But a new movement …

'New GMO directive provides necessary legal framework to complex issue'

The European Commission says that with the directive, it has listened to the concerns of many European citizens, reflected in the positions …

Scientifically invalid

Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science

Rajasthan opens farm gates

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

Monsanto does it again

The biotech seed giant sues a farmer for planting unbranded commodity seeds bought in the open market for patent infringement

Memories of Agent Orange