Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Biotechnology
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U.S. court overturns law limiting biotech crops on Hawaiian island
A group of global biotech crop companies won a court victory on Monday that blocks enactment of a law passed last year limiting the planting of biotech crops and use of pesticides on the Hawaiian island
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Genetically modified crops' field trials put on hold
Decision marks first successful policy intervention by Swadeshi Jagaran Manch In a move that marks the first successful policy intervention of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh — both
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Genome editing of crops may be restricted by EU rules, warn scientists
A fledgling technology to manipulate the genes of crops in order to make them less susceptible to disease and more productive is at risk of falling foul of the European Union’s genetic modification rules,
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Small raise for science
- Less for research, more for security The 2014-15 Union budget outlays for scientific research reflect marginal jumps over allocations last year with atomic energy, space, biotechnology and earth sciences
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Budget 2014-15: Speech of Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance
<p>Budget 2014-15: Speech of Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, 10/07/2014.</p> <p> </p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="415" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6nop1wsvo74" width="620"></iframe></p>
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On trial: agricultural biotechnology in Africa
A new study published by Chatham House, 'On Trial: Agricultural biotechnology in Africa' looks at the issues that have prevented modern agricultural biotechnology from achieving its full impact in Africa
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No mechanism exists to regulate GM crops
KARACHI: Research and commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops that included a commendable work of making an indigenous drought-resistant wheat variety has received a major blow with devolution
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Move over rice, baobab and spider plant could be the new staple crops
A new centre in Nairobi is exploring whether 100 traditional African crops could bring food security to millions of people Smallholders and the rural poor in Africa grow a huge variety of edible plants
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Court stops regulator from issuing licences for ‘modified’ seeds
The Lahore High Court has ordered the federal government to stop issuing licences for genetically-modified (GM) varieties of cotton or corn until a legal framework is put into place to assess the new types
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GM crops: global socio-economic and environmental impacts 1996-2012
This study presents the findings of research into the global socio-economic and environmental impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in the seventeen years since they were first commercially planted