How competent is Indian science?

A shoddy inter-academy report on GM crops casts a shadow on the integrity and competence of Indian science, while a US expert finds approval for …

How Bt brinjal hurt the farmers of Bangladesh

New report says three-fourth of farmers who took up cultivation abandoned it in the next rounds

EU nations can ban GM crops, says EU environment panel

Will this move set the precedent for GM-free food production in the world?

GM crop field trials: anti-GM activists protest outside Moily's office

Moily’s approval will now allow event selection trials of rice, castor, cotton and a few other genetically modified crops ÒÇÇ

Elsevier retracts study on rats fed GM food

Two-year animal feeding study showed that rats fed Monsanto's genetically modified maize NK603 or water containing roundup died much earlier

Karnataka Biodiversity Board washes hands of Bt brinjal biopiracy case

Activists say authority protecting Mahyco-Monsanto which used indigenous brinjal varieties to develop India's first genetically modified crop

'Organic cotton production and consumption should become a mass movement'

Vivek and Juli Cariappa are Krishi Pandit awardees and dedicated organic farmers based in H D Kote taluk in Mysore. They have been practising …

'Failing to support GM crops single most damaging element for growth'

The European Association for Bio-Industries (EuropaBio) says the decision by 16 EU nations to opt out of GMO crop cultivation has taken away the …

Rogue GM crops wreak havoc

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

News 360° - Briefs

Maharashtra bans Bt cotton seeds of Mahyco Monsanto Biotech

Move follows complaints against the company of providing inferior seeds, cheating and creating shortages

New Independence struggle

Monsanto told to quit India

Farmers from 20 states to present national flag made from non-Bt organic cotton to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Independence Day

News 360 ° - Briefs

MAHYCO refuses to share safety data on GM crops

Letters

'Bt cotton has improved farmers' lives'

At the same time genetically modified cotton has increased fertilizer and water usage, resulting in high input costs, says study funded by farmers'…

Haryana farmers protest open field trials of GM corn

Agricultural university in Kurukshetra is conducting trials for Monsanto