Even as opinion vary on the introduction of genetically modified crops in the country, confusion lingers on the fate of illegal bt cotton grown in about 10000 acres in Gujarat with authorities
Patents on staple food crops are giving agrochemical companies unprecedented control over the food chain, a trend that is jeopardising the ability of the poor to feed their families, claims a report
The New Zealand government lifted an 18-month voluntary ban on field trials for genetically engineered crops Tuesday, but imposed tough new controls on any trials and banned the release of
Farmers of the cotton belt of the Doaba region are in for a trouble this time as cotton crop over about 3000 acres has been
The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering located in Bhopal has been bestowed with the National Gold Star Award by the International Business Council for the institute's achievements in the
Karnataka government would produce 252 lakh parasites during the current financial year and release them in the areas affected by coconut mite as a measure of biological control, Union Minister for
The Statutory Committee on Genetic Engineering of the Union Ministry of forests and environment is meeting officials of the environment and forest department of Gujarat on Wednesday to take a final
The government has set up two agencies - the National Facility for Plant Virus Diagnosis and Quality Control and the National Containment-cum-quarantine Facility for Transgenic Plant Material of
Alarmed at the Rs 21,000 crore annual expenditure on the grain procurement, handling and transportation front, the government today said a new foodgrains policy is being formulated to minimise the
An integrated precision agriculture planning scheme using remote sensing satellite data is being worked out to optimise crop output across the country. The scheme is targeted at the fragmented and
The All-India Kisan Sabha would launch a country-wide agitation if the Centre 'failed' to include compensation clause in the proposed Seeds Act to be introduced in the parliament. The clause would
About 4800 women hailing from different parts of Andhra Pradesh would be trained in a project sponsored by the government of Netherlands for farming women. The project will start in
Prospects of a workable agreement being reached to allow food scientists access to the world's storehouses of plant genes to develop new generations of crops are under threat over China's insistence
The Union Ministry of Agriculture has drawn up a scheme to send farmers of one state to another for imparting training to them about modern technology for boosting the cultivation of cash crops and
The Centre has directed the Gujarat Government to "retrieve to the extent possible" the genetically-modified (GM) cotton that has reportedly entered the market. It has also asked the State Government
The Bt cotton issue has resurrected standard myths over genetically modified food. While concerns about safety are legitimate, myth should be separated from reality. Bt cotton is created by
More than half the genetically modified cotton grown unauthorisedly over thousands of acres in Gujarat is suspected to have entered the market. And the company which sold the seeds to unsuspecting
The New Zealand Labor Government has decided to allow the resumption of field trials of genetically modified organisms. The move, announced by Prime Minister Helen Clark on Tuesday, has been welcomed
After Gujarat, it now appears that farmers in Andhra Pradesh, too, have been hoodwinked by a private company and sold illegal genetically modified (GM) cotton in the name of "hybrid" variety. The
One of the criticisms of the ongoing economic reforms thus far has been that they have not focused sufficiently on what needs to be done for agriculture. The whole range of policy frameworks
