Nagpur: Two years after a special investigation team (SIT) to probe smuggling of illegal herbicide tolerant (HT) cotton seeds in the state was formed, the two-member team has prepared only a rough draft of its report. The SIT, which was formed in February, 2018, was supposed to submit its report …
Polls show 53.7% voted against the contentious measure that was seen as a testbed case for the US as a whole A Californian ballot proposing the labelling of genetically modified ingredients in food products has been rejected by the state's voters . With 95% of votes counted, the polls showed …
New Delhi Allowing US-based GM crop major Monsanto to intervene in the matter, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed it to raise objections to an expert committee’s recent interim report. The panel report recommended a moratorium on field trials of genetically modified crops for 10 years, which can be utilised …
A 10-year blanket ban on field trials of genetically modified (termed Bt) crops, proposed by an expert committee set up by the Supreme Court, has set off alarm bells, especially in the cotton sector. A senior government official said it would be like gifting a 10-year monopoly on Bt cotton …
A Supreme Court-mandated committee of technical experts comprising scientists from top public research laboratories and academic institutions has recommended a ten-year moratorium on field trials of Bt transgenics in all food crops that are directly consumed by people.
CropLife International represents a network of regional and national associations in 91 countries, and is led by companies such as BASF, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, FMC, Monsanto, Sumitomo and Syngenta CropLife International and global Industry Coalition (GIC) have announced the publication of the first tool to aid governments, who …
The storm of scientific criticism over claims that a genetically modified (GM) maize causes severe disease in rats shows no signs of abating. Gilles-Eric Séralini, a molecular biologist at the University of Caen, France, is under intense pressure to report the full data behind his team’s finding that rats fed …
Europe has never been particularly fond of genetically modified (GM) foods, but a startling research paper looks set to harden public and political opposition even further, despite a torrent of scepticism from scientists about the work. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, looked for adverse …
The health effects of a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize (from 11% in the diet), cultivated with or without Roundup, and Roundup alone (from 0.1 ppb in water), were studied 2 years in rats. In females, all treated groups died 2–3 times more than controls, and more rapidly. This difference was …
Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana is a leading a delegation of farmers’ leaders, politicians and non-governmental organisations to New Delhi to bring pressure on the Union Government to make amendments to the Seed Bill. The Bill, pending for several sessions, is likely to be put on the agenda this …
The Bt cotton in question is the Bikaneri Narma (BN) Bt (variety) and the Bt NHH-44 (Bt hybrid) touted as the “first indigenous public sector-bred GM crop in India” developed by the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur (CICR) and University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UAS) along with Indian Agricultural …
Monsanto will roll out the third generation biotechnology product in cotton next year. Ten years after it introduced the second generation Bollgard-II technology that provided twin protection to the cotton plants, the St Louis, US-based seed technology company is in the final stages of the regulatory process ahead of the …
The Government has to step in to curb the stranglehold the seed companies have over the choice of seeds, speakers at a round table on ‘Protecting Farmers from Seed Crises' said. Multinational seed companies like Monsanto are dominating the market and not allowing farmers to retain a portion of their …
With low output prices, farmers shifting to other crops MSP rise not enough to check this trend, say suppliers Lower cotton prices have prompted cotton seed making companies to be ready for a dent in their sales this year. Most of these fear seed demand would drop 12-15 per cent …
The opinion on the success of second generation of genetically modified BT cotton variety, Bollgard 2, in the state is chiefly polarised. The new variety, resilient to two chief pests, has a large chunk of the state’s farmers taking it up with more than 85 per cent of acreage under …
Illegally smuggled into Brazil 14 years ago, transgenic soy has proved a boon to domestic farmers and now accounts for 85 percent of total production. But five million Brazilian farmers are now locked in a legal feud with US biotech giant Monsanto, the GM soy seed manufacturer, and are refusing …
The controversy surrounding Bt brinjal, the first genetically modified food crop developed in India, has turned murkier with the National Biodiversity Authority planning to launch prosecution against a seed company for alleged bio-piracy. The National Bio-diversity Authority, which regulates matters pertaining to biodiversity protection, conservation and use in India, will …
Citizen’s protest ICAR offer of India’s gene banks to MNCs - press release. This is the Citizen's letter to Dr Swapan Kumar Datta, DDG-Crop Science, Indian Council For Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
France's attempt to ban the planting of a Monsanto strain of genetically modified maize was rejected by the EU's food safety body on Monday. In response to scientific evidence submitted by France backing its bid to ban the GM maize, the European Food Safety Authority ruled that "there is no …
The Obama administration has drafted some of the world’s largest food and finance companies to invest more than $3 billion in projects aimed at helping the world’s poorest farmers grow enough food to not only feed themselves and their families but to earn a livelihood as well. President Obama and …
‘State does not distribute seeds, it only certifies for distribution' Despite opposition from various quarters, including the agricultural experts and the farmers' organisations, the Gujarat government has refused to impose a total ban on distribution of the Monsanto hybrid maize seed named “Prabal” to the farmers in the State, particularly …
