Agriculture is multi-functional, producing economic goods including food, feed, fibre, and fuel, as well as providing several intangible or non-tradable services to society free of cost. Non-tradable services,
The Union Science and Technology Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi today brushed aside reports that a study just published by the European Environment Agency has confirmed that Genetically Modified crops
Intense lobbying has begun in New Delhi to influence the decision of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee which is meeting tomorrow to discuss whether approval should be granted for commercial
India said it had allowed production of three genetically modified cotton hybrids by a private company which has U.S. biotechnology giant Monsanto as its partner. This is the first genetically
Swiss drugs group Novartis said its recently acquired U.S. vaccine firm ImmTech Biologics has won a conditional license in the United States to use Treponema Bacterin, a vaccine preventing so-called
In an attempt to ensure a ready market for agricultural produce, the government is working on guidelines for contract farming by corporates. The guidelines, which will not be mandatory, are being
Six years after 100 grams of genetically-modified (GM) cottonseed (Bt cotton containing gene from a bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis) was imported for the first-ever trial cultivation of a GM crop,
India today opened its doors to genetically modified(GM) crops by granting approval for the commercial release of three varieties of transgenic cotton seeds manufactured by the Maharashtra based seed
The tissue culture division of Cadila Pharmaceuticals has developed two biofertilizers in technical collaboration with the Indian Council for Agriculture Research and Tata Energy Research Institute.
The privatisation of water management is leading to the collapse of agriculture sector in the country and soon a time will come when irrigation will be completely out of the reach of poor
For the first time, the government has allowed commercial cultivation of a genetically modified crop on Indian soil. The momentous decision was announced on Tuesday by an inter-ministerial group of
