Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Wants farmers to let cattle graze on Bt cotton fields. K.V. Kurmanath A letter from Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech (India) Limited to seed manufacturers, advising them to ask farmers to let the cattle graze on Bt cotton fields, has triggered a row in the ongoing debate on Bt cotton. Ahead of the …
Monsanto is back in the courts on the issue of royalty or trait fees it charges for its genetically modified Bt cotton Not all state governments have been kind to the global seed giant Monsanto. And cotton farmers have been less than grateful for the genetically modified (GM) technology that …
K P Prabhakaran Nair Monsanto devotes an annual budget of $10 million to harassing, intimidating, suing -and in some cases bankrupting -American farmers over alleged improper use of its patented seeds. This will become the norm for India as well TODAY, Monsanto is the virtual king of genetically modified food …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran GAYA: Like most people his age in a nondescript village in Bihar's Gaya district, he chases dreams and comes across as an average teenager who fancies the looks of a matinee star. But what sets Jayjeet Kumar, a Class VIII student apart is the poise with which …
| K P Prabhakaran Nair The most recent admission of Monsanto scientists that Bollgard I has failed is seen as a business ploy to push the more expensive Bollgard II and Bollgard III Monsanto metamorphosed into a biotechnology company and the launch of "Roundup" (Glyphosate) -the world's largest selling herbicide …
When scientists of Sher-e- Kashmir Agricultural University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST) developed short duration wheat and maize varieties named Shalimar last year, it was a big step towards making Jammu and Kashmir self-sufficient in foodgrain production. Scientists and agricultural experts have successfully used these varieties for crop rotation …
Among the abiotic stresses, drought is a serious limiting factor that reduces rice production and yield stability in rainfed ecosystems. Conventional breeding for drought resistance is slow in attaining progress due to poor understanding of genetic control of drought resistance. Molecular markers help in identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) …
Experiments were conducted to determine the efficacy of various vermicomposts produced from agro- and distillation-waste of medicinal and aromatic crops on hatching of eggs of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood and root-knot disease development in tomato.
Following the publication of the Expert Committee II (EC-II) report and the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) decision, approving Bt brinjal for cultivation in India, there has been considerable discussion on the topic in public fora and the media. Surprisingly, there has been very little scientific debate or discussion on …
Debashis Banerji Decisions on GM crops should be taken on the basis of sound science only after incorporating known advances in plant transformation technology. The recent restraint on commercial release of Bt brinjal despite approval of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee has become controversial. The step was taken after consultations …
Ongole, March 23: Farmers in Prakasam district are showing interest in non-pesticide management (NPM) cultivation which will produce quality yield and reduce cultivation expenses. The district Collector, Mr Kantilal Dande, asked far-mers on Tuesday at Pasu-pugallu during his visit to to NPM farms, to adopt the side-affect free NPM technology …
An acute shortage of healthy seeding materials for horticulture requires redrafting of the Seeds Bill, 2004 Surinder Sud / New Delhi March 23, 2010, 0:45 IST Unlike foodgrain crops that have been getting every kind of support from the government for their growth ever since the green revolution started in …
Even as lot of debates are taking place across the country over BT brinjal, one Vasanth Kumar Hardikar of Haranduru Krishi Kshetra has grown an indigenous species of brinjal having the quality of countering pests and diseases. The creeper-brinjal at Koppaharandur Krishi Kshetra.It is a kind of creeper-brinjal through which …
The global food price spikes of 2008 should not have come as a surprise. There were a number of long-term trends that were working towards the surge in food prices, which was fi nally occasioned by some proximate causes. While global prices have eased since then
Chandigarh: Punjab has been unable to make its revenue receipts keep pace with growing revenue expenditure due to its mounting debt burden. As a result, key areas like agriculture and the secondary sector are at standstill leading to a rise in fiscal deficit. The overall economy of the state has, …
Monsanto, facing antitrust probes into its GM seeds, may benefit from previous court rulings in which intellectual property rights trumped competition concerns. The US Department of Justice and 7 state attorneys general are investigating whether the world
Agriculture scientist Preeti Joshi has the recipe for the perfect compost and has been promoting it in Wardha district of Maharashtra for 20 years. She tells Aparna Pallavi why farmers fail to use it despite their eagerness to do so. Excerpts:On factors that dissuade farmers Farmers are becoming aware of …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Biotech crop giant Monsanto seemed to admit failure with Bt cotton last week, but a government analysis says it looks more like a smart business strategy. On March 5, the Indian subsidiary of the company announced that its first generation Bt cotton was ineffective against the …
The biotech regulatory Bill gags dissent and takes away the power of states without providing any safeguards to farmers and consumers Latha Jishnu / New Delhi March 11, 2010, 0:42 IST Shortcuts always lead to problems, and nowhere is this more evident than in the biotechnology sector. Research in genetically …
Don't throw the technology away with the seeds The revelation by the developer of pest-protected Bt cotton Bollgard, Monsanto-Mahyco, that pink bollworm pest has developed resistance to the killer Bt gene, Cry1Ac, in parts of Gujarat, and the rebuttal of this by a government-funded cotton research institute have created a …
