Study chides modified crop makers on safety data
Makers of genetically modified crops have avoided answering questions and submitted erroneous data on federal applications aimed at ensuring the safety of bio-engineered foods before they are
Makers of genetically modified crops have avoided answering questions and submitted erroneous data on federal applications aimed at ensuring the safety of bio-engineered foods before they are
The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi has written to the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee complaining about the "over centralisation" of the procedure to allocate foodgrain to drought affected
It is now time for India agriculture to jump into an
Monsanto Co. has asked the Canadian and US regulators to attest to the safety of its genetically modified wheat, moving another step closer toward commercializing the grain, company officials have
The president A.P.J. Kalam, called for a second green revolution to feed the growing population. "At a time when land under cultivation is shrinking and the population increasing, doubling the
Punjab state government's much touted plan to diversify agriculture has fallen flat on its face at least for rabi season. This is evident from the fact that against the recommended area of 10 lakh
Chief Executive Officer of the Belgaum Zilla Parishat (ZP) Anjum Pervez has directed officials of the Agriculture Department to seek the help of experts at the University of Agricultural Sciences
Brazil said it is hopeful that Beijing will decide soon its soybeans meet Chinese rules on bio-engineered food imports, but traders were not as optimistic. Renato Amorim, head of the economic
The controversy over genetically modified(GM) foods has come alive again, with India rejecting a large import consignment of US soya corn blend on the grounds that it may contain GM genes. While
A revolution in Citronella cultivation introduced by Itanagar branch of Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) has given a new lease of life to about 130 families in Arunachal Pradesh, who have earned Rs
An evergreen revolution is probably the best answer to ensuring food security in an agrarian country like ours which has millions of hungry mouths to feed, said Dr M S Swaminathan, Chairman MSSRF,
In view of high export potential for fruits like mango and chickoo grown in orchards of South Gujarat and some parts of Saurashtra, the Gujarat government has decided to accord priority to
Thousands of children and farmers died of malnutrition and starvation in the last one decade in several parts of the country, even as 65 million tonnes of foodgrains were rotting in godowns, said
The Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC), which is in the process of setting up farmers' information centres in market yards, is in talks with software companies to develop a package providing
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is providing a C$5 million (Rs 15.5 crore) assistance to implement a food security project in India. As part of the proposed project three Indian
India cannot deny itself the potential in biotechnology if it has to enhance agricultural productivity and build a sustainable national food and nutrition security system, according to Dr M.S.
The Union Government has sanctioned Rs 19.40 crore for Haryana's macro management mode of agriculture scheme aimed at the all-round development of agriculture. An official spokesman said here today
After commercial cultivation of transgenic cotton and field evaluation of mustard, India is now all set to release genetically modified (GM) pigeon-pea and chick pea pulses, for which work is
The top US trade official said he was ready to launch a World Trade Organisation challenge against the European Union over its refusal to lift a
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