Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
german farmers cultivating genetically modified (gm) crops will now be responsible for the contamination caused to non-gm crops in neighbouring fields. They will also have to record, in a public register, all the land they use for gm cultivation. These are some provisions of a new law passed by the …
Love them, hate them but there is no ignoring them. The severe opposition following Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's decision to reverse an earlier ban on the planting of genetically modified (gm) crops served as a timely reminder of the power of the masses. The Cabinet has now decided not …
A pact aimed at ensuring sustainable food supply across the world has become international law. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will ensure continuous availability of the genetic resources of plants needed to improve the quality and productivity of food and feed crops through a …
FOR a company that takes its public relations quite seriously, Monsanto is going through a particularly bad patch. From the 50 per cent cutback in sales of its genetically modified (GM) bovine growth hormone in late February (the company had violated sterility standards) to the court hearing in Chicago over …
scientists have genetically engineered maize plants to produce a protein that can provide protection against the hepatitis b virus. The feat is significant
the more one reads about Bt cotton in India, the more confusing the issue gets. The latest in a series of claims and counterclaims is a survey of Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (mmb), which till recently was the only company that could sell genetically modified (gm) seeds in India. The survey …
australia: Three of the country's eight states recently halted the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) food crops. Another state, Tasmania, had already placed a moratorium on such cultivation in 2001, which was extended last year till 2008. On April 1, New South Wales (NSW) shot down trials of GM canola …
Europe may end its five-year moratorium on new biotech products, with the eu granting approval to the imports of genetically modified (gm) sweetcorn. eu health and consumer protection commissioner David Byrne hoped the ban on gm food imports would be lifted by early April. Byrne said the sweetcorn would be …
pro-farmer groups have questioned the credibility of a study stating that the acreage under transgenic crops is increasing at a much faster rate in developing countries than the industrialised nations. As per the groups, the study drew such conclusions as it has been conducted by the us-based International Services for …
transparency in the regulatory system that governs agro-biotechnology in India, learning from the experience of industrialised countries and setting specific domestic priorities. These were some of the suggestions made by civil society groups during their November 18 consultations with the Union ministry of agriculture's task force. The body has been …
October 16, 2003 saw the release in the uk of Farm Scale Evaluations of GM Crops , the largest-ever field trials to be hitherto held. Commissioned by the uk government in 1999, the crops on trial were Bayer's oilseed rape, maize and fodder beet, and Monsanto's sugar beet. According to …
Notwithstanding the resounding failure of its Bt cotton, Monsanto has begun to introduce another genetically modified (gm) crop into India, its proprietary maize variety called Roundup Ready corn. The government's Review Committee on Genetic Manipulation has given permission for Monsanto to bring in breeding material and start work. It clearly …
at a time when the uk Prime Minister (pm), Tony Blair, is facing considerable embarrassment with regard to the death of weapons expert David Kelly, the subsequent Hutton inquiry and the core issue of the country's involvement in Iraq, he can ill-afford to land himself in the soup over any …
The row over genetically modified (gm) food has taken on strong political overtones in the uk. As part of a controversial cabinet reshuffle, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has asked environment minister Michael Meacher to step down. Meacher, who had held this post since 1997, was an outspoken critic of …
THE Paris-based International Council for Science, a federation of more than 100 national science academies, has come out with the biggest review of scientific literature on genetically modified (GM) crops. The review provides guarantee: GM foods presently in circulation are safe for consumption. It also avoides judgement: the future safety …
