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 …
Should Bt brinjal be banned for cultivation? Those who advocate this are closing off the non-pesticide option and arguing in favour of pesticide-based production of brinjal. The use of Bt brinjal could be allowed on a carefully controlled basis, limiting as much as possible the spread of the Bt-gene. Bhaskar …
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. Around 85 percent of the population is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture and almost 26 percent of India's GDP comes from agriculture. More than a profession or a business, agriculture is India's culture. Hence, adding additional income generating activities to existing agriculture …
Surendra Nath has switched to eating grass-pea, though he knows it is not good for health. But so is tobacco, he argues. He cannot do without pulses and pigeon-pea selling at Rs 100 a kg is beyond his means. The 45-year-old electrician-cum-security-in-charge at a housing society in east Delhi earns …
Ravish Tiwari His colleagues in the Government, Ministers Sharad Pawar, Prithviraj Chavan and Kapil Sibal disagreed with him and called for science, not ideology, to dictate Government policy on genetically modified (GM) foods. Now the Prime Minister
CHENNAI: Top scientists from international agricultural institutes are heralding a new system of farming based on using fertilizer trees to increase crop yield. The new system, which was inspired by small time farmers in Africa who grew the Acacia, could provide a solution to dwindling paddy production in India and …
Ludhiana: Nanotechnology can boost farm research. This was stated by Dr MS Swaminathan, laureate, World Food Prize, and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), during his interaction with scientists at the electron microscopy and nanoscience laboratory, PAU. Dr Swaminathan, who visited the university recently, takes keen interest in bio-pesticides, another ushering …
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) aims to transform the agri-food sector into a globally rewarding and sustainable biotechnology-based enterprise through innovative solutions in primary and secondary agriculture, said its spokesperson Dr Jagdeep Singh on Thursday. The national institute began its operations from a transit campus in Industrial Area, Phase VIII, …
Jairam push for tougher screening We do not know which areas will be prone to floods or to droughts with changing climate, such situations will have severe impacts on food security. The availability of options will help us produce the right variety thereby ensuring food security. -- Suman Sahai UNION …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi February 18, 2010, 0:15 IST Seed stocks to be registered, testing labs to be set up. Companies with any seeds of Bt brinjal, the genetically modified version of the vegetable, will have to register the details with the government, to ensure none of it is …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI The top technical committee to decide on the use of genetically modified products, the Genetic Engi- neering Approval Committee (GEAC) met on Wednesday to give a green signal to a fresh protocol to be drawn up for the contentious Bt brinjal crop. The GEAC, headed by …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: At a time when the Science and Technology (S&T;) and Environment Ministries are differing over Bt brinjal, another tussle is brewing between them over who a new biotechnology regulator will report to. In the wake of the Bt brinjal moratorium, the government is fast-tracking a Bill …
If a public debate ended in a near-ban on Bt brinjal, the next review could well end up the other way A K Bhattacharya / New Delhi February 16, 2010, 0:56 IST Non-governmental organisations have been celebrating ever since Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh announced a moratorium on the …
A well-known genetic scientist from Canada has demanded that the Governments and corporates promoting genetically modified food should evolve a third party insurance mechanism to protect the long-term interests of the people. Strongly opposing the entry of the GM foods into India, Dr Shiv S. Chopra said a mechanism should …
Africa missed out on the scientific breakthroughs that revolutionized agriculture in Asia. However, with locally developed and locally relevant technologies, a built-up human and institutional capacity, and supportive national policy and leadership, an African Green Revolution can be a reality.
The research isn't unequivocal and hasn't been publicly-funded either - given the concerns, it's not worth the risk Sunita Narain / New Delhi February 12, 2010, 0:40 IST As I write this, the Union minister of environment and forests has decided to put the introduction of Bt brinjal on hold. …
Dharamsala: Palampur Agriculture University (PAU) has come out with a booklet to help common farmers compute economics of their crops using simple methodologies. Dr Tej Partap, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, while releasing the bulletin, said it was imperative to provide precise knowledge and technology to farmers right from seed selection stage to …
