India ready to exploit know-how
Indian biotechnologists are fully geared to exploit information on the rice genome, says secretary of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Manju Sharma. About two years ago, India joined a
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Haryana bags NABARD projects
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned two projects for Haryana, worth Rs 83.51 crore, to give further impetus to the agriculture as well the rural sectors of
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Bt cotton: Bane or boon?
The acquisition of insect resistance or herbicide tolerance by wild plants in the neighbourhood of Bt cotton cultivation could change their population dynamics and increase their invasive potential
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Bt cotton may leave pesticide manufacturers in a quandary
A major shake out is likely in the pesticides and seeds industries in the log run following the introduction of transgenic crops, particularly Bt cotton hybrids that have been recently approved for
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Chhattisgarh to promote crop rotation
All set to bring about a change in the crop pattern, the Chhattisgarh State Chief Minister, Ajit jogi, today asked the District Collectors to work upon a three-point agenda to ensure the success of
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Permission to Monsanto opposed
The Andhra Pradesh rythu sangham on Friday expressed surprise at the permission accorded by the Genetic engineering approval committee under the Union Ministry of environment to Mahyco Monsanto for
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Indians beat Monsanto at Bt cotton game
The National Agriculture Research System (NARC) has developed three varieties of Bt cotton, which will enable the farmers to recycle seeds from crops cultivated in a season for the next season.
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Withdrawal of Bt cotton use sought
Accusing the government of allowing commercial use of Bt cotton under pressure from multinationals, experts today demanded immediate withdrawal of the permission, saying the actual yield as also the
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Hong Kong destroys more suspect birds
The Agriculture, Fisheries and conservation Department has slaughtered more than 30000 chickens at two farms and introduced a vaccination program amid another outbreak of deadly bird flu.
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Genetic maps of 2 rice types 99% complete
Two teams of scientists will unveil the genetic maps, or genomes, of two important types of rice, a feat researchers predict will bring increased productivity from a grain that already feeds more
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Nature backs off GM crop claims
Britain's premier scientific journal, Nature, has disowned a paper it published last year that offered evidence supporting the argument by the green lobby that genes from GM crops could hop over to
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Environmentalists fear loss of US farm data
The environmental activists who created a ruckus by listing the names of every U.S. farm subsidy recipient said this week that lawmakers may limit access to farm-by-farm data on conservation
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Health Ministry views sought
In order to ascertain the implications of consuming GM soya oil on consumer health, the Ministry of Agriculture, which first mooted the idea of restriction, has referred the matter to the Ministry of
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Farm Ministry cannot ban GM soya oil, says US
The US is of the view that the Union Agriculture Ministry does not have the jurisdiction to ban import of genetically-modified (GM) soyabean oil into the country. "According to a 1989 notification of
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Chautala : Centre must solve problem of excess wheat
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Om Prakash Chautala, while talking to the high level seven member committee for the management of the long-term Grain Policy today, put the ball in the court of the
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Farm scientists urged to adopt villages
The Himachal Pradesh Governor Dr. Suraj Bhan today urged farm scientists in universities to adopt villages for development as ideal agricultural villages, which would serve as a model for transfer of
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Hybrids of Bt cotton soon
Amid the raging controversy over planting of transgenic crops as Bt cotton, especially with regard to its safety norms. Amareswara Agri-Tech Ltd. (AATL), a leading seed producer, has drawn up
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Bt cotton: need to exercise caution
Maharashtra is a progressive state and has a good network of successfully run cooperatives in the state. Farmers are basically looking for leadership to tell them whether they should go in for Bt
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The GM genie
The controversy over genetically modified(GM) organisms refuses to die. In fact, it is growing in intensity, while a new dimension has been added with the agriculture ministry realising, rather
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$47.07 lakh project for horticulture development
Agriculture Minister Mahendra Singh said a big project amounting to $47.07 lakh has been prepared with the collaboration of Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, for the development of