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Bollworm in Gujarat Bt cotton: Scientist says data wrong
While Bt technology giant Monsanto has admitted that American pink bollworm has affected Bt cotton in four districts of Gujarat, India’s top cotton scientist says the data is basically wrong.
Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR) Director Keshav Kranthi says the data provided by Monsanto is wrong and that CICR wasn’t part of any such testing.
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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GM food ‘already’ on table, courtesy cottonseed oil
Even as activists fight to keep genetically modified food off Indian menus, with Bt cotton constituting around 90 per cent of India’s total cotton production and cottonseed oil being a favoured cooking medium, the GM technology could very well already be part of Indian meals.
- Date:
- 22/02/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Reports of Bt contamination stain premium organic cotton exports
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi February 06, 2010, 1:13 IST
Widespread reports in Europe that premium organic cotton exported by India is contaminated with genetically modified (GM) cotton have tarnished the image of a fast-growing segment of the country’s textile exports.
- Date:
- 06/02/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Govt official lauds Bt cotton
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai January 20, 2010, 0:28 IST
Genetically modified cotton — commonly termed Bt cotton — has been a blessing, according to a senior government official.
- Date:
- 20/01/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Monsanto to earn Rs 340 cr tech fee for Bt cotton
Trait fee charged ranges from 15%-25% of MRP.
The technology fee varied depending on the maximum retail price, the gene construct and also the region.
Harish Damodaran
Monsanto will gross roughly Rs 340 crore from licensing its proprietary Bollgard (BG) gene traits to Bt cotton hybrid seed firms in India this fiscal.
- Date:
- 19/01/2010
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- Business Line (New Delhi)
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Labeling genetically modified food in India
In 2006, India proposed a draft rule requiring the labeling of all genetically modified (GM) foods and products derived thereof. This paper assesses the economic implications of introducing such a mandatory labeling policy for GM food. Focuses on four products that would likely be the first affected by such a regulation in India: cottonseed oil, soybean oil, brinjal (eggplant), and rice.
- Date:
- Jan 2010
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- International Food Policy Research Institute
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After farmers’ mall, firm to ‘bale’ out cotton growers
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN
Rajkot: Ashok Patel, a farmer from Kukma village in Kutch district, recently processed 4,000 kg cotton produced in his farm and got bales made out of it at a warehouse in Bhuj. The bales have also been stocked at this warehouse. Patel has already sold the seed for good price and is waiting for a good price bid for his stocked bales.
- Date:
- 30/12/2009
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- Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Biotechnology and pro-poor agricultural development
Until now the debate on agricultural biotechnology mainly focused on the environmental impact, biosafety issues and intellectual property rights. This paper looks at the nature of commercialised biotech products, the changing locus of agricultural research, the emerging market failures in biotech product development, and the likely impact on poverty and employment.
- Date:
- Dec 2009
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 44 Issue: 52 pp: 56-64
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Secret of Gujarat’s agrarian miracle after 2000
Semi-arid Gujarat has clocked high and steady growth at 9.6% per year in agricultural state domestic product since 1999-2000. What has driven this growth?
- Date:
- Dec 2009
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 44 Issue: 52 pp: 45-55
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India's experience with Bt cotton illustrative, says US expert
The widespread adoption of Bt cotton in India illustrates why and how evasion of both bio-property and bio-safety regimes is pervasive globally, said Prof Ronald J. Herring, Cornell University.
- Date:
- 15/12/2009
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- Business Line (New Delhi)
