The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development in the sector and strengthen the supportive ecosystem for innovation, incubation, investment, income & impact to build enterprises. Association of Biotechnology …
This paper deals with policy options for strengthening national capacities to make informed choices about using biotechnology in food and agriculture (BFA). It recognizes that views vary widely among countries, institutions and individuals about the contributions - particularly of advanced biotechnologies like genetic modification - to improving agricultural productivity and …
Forest and tree resources are managed in different types of systems that are characterized by varying management intensity and range from primary natural forests to productive industrial plantations. A number of factors shape global opportunity, condition investment decisions and drive research priorities for forest biotechnology - they also underline important …
Food processing makes use of various unit operations and technologies to convert relatively bulky, perishable and typically inedible raw materials into more useful shelf-stable and palatable foods or potable beverages. Processing contributes to food security by minimizing waste and losses in the food chain and by increasing food availability and …
Ludhiana: Hoping to tide over the financial crisis, the fund-starved Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) that helped the country usher in the Green Revolution, now aims to bring about a biotechnological revolution while sensitising the farmers about environment conservation. Besides, it will also concentrate on evolving cost-effective technologies for natural resource …
Until now the debate on agricultural biotechnology mainly focused on the environmental impact, biosafety issues and intellectual property rights. This paper looks at the nature of commercialised biotech products, the changing locus of agricultural research, the emerging market failures in biotech product development, and the likely impact on poverty and …
More priority to power, clarity on infrastructure policy mooted. In its quest to diversify its investment character from the overhang of Information Technology, the State Government has to make a mammoth effort to improve overall infrastructure, particularly in tier-II cities, to provide competitive investment opportunities with a sound eco-system. The …
Bangalore: The Karnataka Government on Wednesday unveiled its Millennium Biotech Policy II, which replaces the earlier policy statement of 2001. Speaking to The Hindu soon after the release of the document, Principal Secretary, Information Technology and Biotechnology, Ashok Kumar Manoli, said the
Karnataka government has offered a slew of incentives and concessions to biotechnology sector in the Millennium Biotech Policy-II unveiled here today. The policy has given rebate on stamp duty, exemption of entry tax, exemption from electricity duty and industrial tariff, among others. Other incentives such as investment promotion subsidy, waiver …
Bill by Department of Biotechnology to establish Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India as an autonomous and statutory agency to regulate research, transport, import, manufacture and use of organisms & products of modern biotechnology. Bill for establishment of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authoity of India to regulate the research, transport, import, manufacture …
Advances in biotechnology and associated areas have increased the value of biodiversity and related knowledge of indigenous communities and lent impetus to global bioprospecting activities. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) put in place a framework for regulation of such activities and replaced the existing regime of free access to …
Needed, a credible biotech regulatory regime FOR INDUSTRY & PEOPLE IN THE FACE-OFF BETWEEN PRO- AND ANTI-GM FOOD LOBBIES, THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND. BLAME THE LACK OF A CREDIBLE REGULATORY REGIME. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE A STATE OF-THE-ART LAB TO TEST BIOSAFETY AND OTHER PARAMETERS AND RELIES ON …
The French High Biotech Council, in charge of advising the French Government on a wide range of biotech issues and composed of a scientific committee and a socio-economic committee, released its first report defining biotech-free production. The report includes recommendations to label products with "GMO-free" when containing less than 0.1 …
Mumbai: The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) will set up the Barc Centre for Incubation of Technologies (Barcit) for better interaction with the industry and understanding the market needs. The work on four technology incubation cells in water, biotechnology, scientific and medical equipment, and e-beam applications will help convert Barc …
This latest report by Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology provides updated statistics on Bt-cotton and highlights newer issues related to technology, production, economic, social and environmental impacts of Bt cotton in India. The first Status Report on Bt Cotton in India was published in 2006, when 40 Bt hybrids were …
The top-10 agricultural biotech firms in developed nations control 67% of the global proprietary seed market Who is afraid of the multinational seed giants? Practically everyone, it seems, barring governments. The more enlightened agricultural scientists, the legion of activists, small farmers and plant breeders across the world have all been …
New Delhi: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced 76 grants for bold and innovative ideas to improve global health and three of them have been bagged by Indian researchers. Ranjan Nanda, K.V.S. Rao and Virander Chauhan of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Delhi have …
The gentle mountain slopes in this fascinatingly beautiful place at once catch the attention not merely for their idyllic setting and extremely hospitable people that reside in their lush green shadows but also for a revolutionary trend in the agriculture they now practice along these inclines. As one winds through …
