A laboratory report has confirmed that farmers in Maharashtra's Akola district indeed sowed banned herbicide-tolerant Bt (HTBT) cotton by way of protest last month, a state government official said Tuesday.
Long-term ecological effects of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops on non-target pests have received limited attention, more so in diverse smallholder-based cropping systems of the developing world.
Mahyco-Monsanto challenges State's move on royalty fee.
CARTELISATION among state governments to cap the price of Bt cotton seed has brought the domestic and multinational seed companies on a common platform to push for removal of all strictures on prices.
Tells AP Govt that it will implement contracts on Bt cottonseed. K. V. Kurmanath Hyderabad, May 6 The war of words over the fixation of seed price and trait value for Bt cottonseeds has taken an interesting twist with Mahyco-Monsanto Biotechnology Limited (MMBL) asserting that it is not going to budge over the issue of trait value or royalty fee.
Dr R. Hampaiah, heading the Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board, a statutory body set up by the Central government under the Biological Diversity Act 2002, is demanding Monsanto India pay royalty for using a bacteria strain that can be traced to the Mahanandi village in Kurnool district.
K V Kurmanath The Andhra Pradesh Government has fixed the trait value for BG II (Bollgard-II) at Rs 90 and for BG-I (Bollgard-I) at Rs 50.
The Gujarat Government, which is about to revise the price of Bt cotton seed price ahead of the kharif season, has decided to study the model adopted by the Andhra Pradesh Government on the contentious issue.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to look into the issues relating to pricing of Bt cotton seeds. Mr Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy passed the order while dealing with a petition filed by Mr Kolli Nageswara Rao, a leader of the AP Rythu Sangam, on behalf of the farming community.
Tirupur: The powerloom cloth manufacturers affiliated to the Coimbatore-Tirupur districts Powerloom Cloth Manufacturers Federation, observed a fast here on Wednesday in protest against the frequent rise in the prices of cotton yarn.
