Amid the controversy on genetically-modified Bt cotton,the Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding is set to hold a four-day conference to discuss future challenges while farmers' groups led by
More than 500 small farmers of the cotton belt of the Mand area(Punjab) sat on a dharna for about four hours in front of the office of the SDM, Nadodar near in protest against the failure of the
The disquieting disclosure that a little more than half the bt cotton cultivated illegally in Gujarat had already entered the market, had the hands of the government tied, when the Genetic
THE Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed transgenic plant types of cotton, brinjal (egg plant) and tomato and is now working on evolving similar plants of rice, chickpea
Consumer pressure will not force North and South American farmers to abandon genetically modified crops but it could blight the development of a new generation promising many medical or nutritional
The Food and Agriculture Organisation approved a framework for protecting the variety of the world's crops, seen as key to winning the war on hunger. The so-called International Convention on Plant
The Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding (ISGPB) is holding a four-day diamond Jubilee Symposium on 'Hundred years of post-Mendelian genetics and plant breeding-Retrospect and prospects'
A National alliance of organisations representing Landless peasants, farm workers and small and marginal farmers today demanded a five-year ban on the sale of Genetically-modified (GM) seeds in the
Ajmer, the sprawling central district of Rajasthan with an arid to semi-arid ecology, is far from being well-endowed for intensive agriculture. Despite being dotted with lakes and ponds, the
The recurring suicide of farmers in this granary of Kerala due to crash in prices of paddy and other commercial crops have thrown up a peculiar situation wherein it was not only uneconomical to
The controversy over the planting of illicitly-manufactured genetically-modified (GM) cotton in Gujarat seems unlikely to subside in a hurry. While the Centre has issued a clear directive to the
New Zealand's prime minister announced the government was accepting most of the proposals of an exhaustive NZ$6m Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, which recommended a resumption of GM trials
A fight against famine is being waged in Nazret, Ethiopia but without the heart-wrenching sights the world has come to know: no communal feeding centers, no bloated bellies, no mounting death toll.
Scientists at the Cardamom Research station at Pampadumpara under the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) have developed a new hybrid variety of small cardamom, suitable for cultivation in the
India should plead effectively for downscaling agricultural subsidies in the developed nations and for some special safeguards to protect the interests of small and marginal farmers in the country at
Brazil's Congressional Commission on Biotechnology will soon present a proposal for a law that could break a lengthy legal deadlock over genetically modified crop sales, a financial paper said
The first shipment of new-crop soybeans from the United States has arrived at a northern Chinese port and is facing no delays, a U.S. industry official said he was informed by the U.S. Agriculture
In the last four years, Bhutan has lost 629.91 acres of wetland to infrastructure development and land conversion. This does not include illegal conversions, flood affected or abandoned wetland
An International Convention on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture approved by the Conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will ensure better use of plant genetic
Genetically modified (GMO) soybeans have won the hearts of most U.S. farmers and account for 63 percent of the oilseed grown this year. Most gene-altered corn is modified with a bacterium from the
