More GM seeds to hit market soon
The transgenic material for sorghum, castor and red gram will be available in the country in the next couple of years, according to Dr. M V Rao, Chairman of Andhra Pradesh-Netherlands Biotechnology
The transgenic material for sorghum, castor and red gram will be available in the country in the next couple of years, according to Dr. M V Rao, Chairman of Andhra Pradesh-Netherlands Biotechnology
The Karnataka Government has urged the Union Ministry of Aquaculture and the Union Environment and Forests Ministry to accord approval for Bt Cotton cultivation. Bt cotton has been tested for the
Upset at the 'orchestrated' attempt to pre-empt a government decision, volunteer groups say environmental and health concerns about genetically-modified crops have still not been addressed and fresh
The Union Science and Technology Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi today brushed aside reports that a study just published by the European Environment Agency has confirmed that Genetically Modified crops
Intense lobbying has begun in New Delhi to influence the decision of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee which is meeting tomorrow to discuss whether approval should be granted for commercial
India said it had allowed production of three genetically modified cotton hybrids by a private company which has U.S. biotechnology giant Monsanto as its partner. This is the first genetically
Swiss drugs group Novartis said its recently acquired U.S. vaccine firm ImmTech Biologics has won a conditional license in the United States to use Treponema Bacterin, a vaccine preventing so-called
In an attempt to ensure a ready market for agricultural produce, the government is working on guidelines for contract farming by corporates. The guidelines, which will not be mandatory, are being
Six years after 100 grams of genetically-modified (GM) cottonseed (Bt cotton containing gene from a bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis) was imported for the first-ever trial cultivation of a GM crop,
India today opened its doors to genetically modified(GM) crops by granting approval for the commercial release of three varieties of transgenic cotton seeds manufactured by the Maharashtra based seed
The tissue culture division of Cadila Pharmaceuticals has developed two biofertilizers in technical collaboration with the Indian Council for Agriculture Research and Tata Energy Research Institute.
The privatisation of water management is leading to the collapse of agriculture sector in the country and soon a time will come when irrigation will be completely out of the reach of poor
For the first time, the government has allowed commercial cultivation of a genetically modified crop on Indian soil. The momentous decision was announced on Tuesday by an inter-ministerial group of
Scientists have created Australia's first cloned and genetically modified (GM) calves, putting the major dairy exporter on the path to becoming a commercial producer of GM milk. The United States,
The Central Organisation for Oil Industry and Trade has urged the Centre to limit the WTO bound rate of 45 per cent on imports of non genetically modified soybean oil only. It has also asked for
Environmentalists are crying foul, however, industry is enthusiastic over the clearance given to cultivation of bacillus thurengesis(Bt) cotton and expect to get a major boost in the production from
With the Union government's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee having given its permission to the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company to launch three of its genetically modified cotton varieties,
Jammu and Kashmir government has formulated a comprehensive agriculture policy to boost farm production in a big way. The policy, likely to be announced during the current session of the state
In a scathing attack, volunteer groups say the government has put transgenic cotton technology out of reach of the small farmers and defied any pretense of regulation by asking the private firm,
Arif Manwa who has been planting Bt-cotton for about two years, is looking at a farm ravaged by pests. His tragedy is echoed by several of his neighbors, all of them small cotton farmers who had