Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has ordered the Gujarat Biotech Co-ordination Committee to destroy the Bt cotton crop that have been identified across the state to be destroyed
In a landmark decision, the Union environment ministry's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has ordered the destruction of genetically modified cotton grown illegally over hundreds of
Testing of maize varieties from 22 communities in the Oaxaca, Mexico areas have revealed genetic contamination in 15 of them. The findings raise questions about the potential for genetic pollution in
Over the past 15 years the EU spent $64 million on 81 research projects to examine the risks involved in genetically modified crops and products. According to a report released last week, not a
Genetically modified crops are expanding worldwide, with total area expected to reach 50 million hectares by year-end amid controversy over its effect on health and the environment, an independent
The Gujarat government has ruled out the possibility of destruction of the Bt gene cotton crop which has been grown on hundreds of hectares of land in Mehsana, Gandhinagar and south Gujarat.
For a country for ever shouting its intent to launch into the second generation of economic reforms, India has a strange way of pursuing its aims. The crying need for ascend green revolution to raise
Navbharat Seeds, the Ahmedabad-based company which sold the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton seeds to farmers in Gujarat, may have to shell out over Rs 11 crore as compensation. With almost 5,000
The Gujarat government is trying to resolve the crisis over the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) cotton by farmers in the state. The controversy was created by the use of Navbharat 151
During 1999-2001, 110 farmers committed suicide in Karnataka. A great deal of attention was drawn to these events in the initial phases, primarily through the media. More recently, however, it
