The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
BANGALORE: The public consultation on the issue of allowing commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in Bangalore scheduled for January 23 will be held at the Good Shepherd Auditorium on Residency Road. The consultation at Bangalore is part of the nationwide consultations being held by the Union Ministry of Environment and …
Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram Declaration made by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation on agrobiodiversity conservation here on January 5 is conspicuously silent on the issue of genetically- modified (GM) food. The biosecurity of GM plants, with its pollen capable of contaminating native gene pool and thus totally destroying …
Kirtika Suneja & Kalpana Jain / New Delhi January 7, 2010, 0:25 IST Environment and Forests minister Jairam Ramesh will start public consultations from January 13 in seven different cities in India before deciding whether to give the final nod to commercialisation of genetically modified (Bt) brinjal.
NEW DELHI: Bihar has become the first State to reject the commercial cultivation of genetically modified or Bt brinjal, if only temporarily. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said the issue was carefully considered by the Rajya Kisan Ayog, which, after deliberations with farmers, agricultural scientists and agricultural officers was of …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Environment and Forests will tread carefully while deciding whether or not to allow commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal, first genetically modified food crop in India. Even as Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh begins nationwide consultations on the contentious issue …
Nagercoil: The Consumer Research Education Action Training and Empowerment Trust here urged the Government not to commercialise Bt. Brinjal. In a memorandum sent to the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, Chairperson on United Progressive Alliance and Union Minister of Commerce, Anand Sharma, the Managing Trustee, Ponnambalam, said that owing to the …
97TH INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Thiruvananthapuram, 3 January Indian defence scientists were readying a weapons system to neutralise enemy satellites operating in low-earth orbit, a top defence scientist said today.
Assessment of the immunotoxicological effects of GMOs has mainly focused on the allergenic potential of genetically modified proteins whereas general immunotoxicological investigations of whole GMOs are not described in the literature. This finding, together with the findings of a Bt-specific IgE response in humans working with Bt pesticides reported by …
Responding to climate change is a challenge for global agriculture. In the coming decades, differences in rainfall, temperatures and the ranges of plants and pest species will transform agriculture. Developing countries are predicted to experience stronger impacts than others. For example, by the 2050s, densely populated river deltas in South …
In 2006, India proposed a draft rule requiring the labeling of all genetically modified (GM) foods and products derived thereof. This paper assesses the economic implications of introducing such a mandatory labeling policy for GM food. Focuses on four products that would likely be the first affected by such a …
Over the years many Big Ideas have been imposed on Africa from outside. The latest is that the region should sell or lease millions of hectares of land to foreign investors, who will bring resources and up-to-date technology. None of the blueprints has worked, and African farmers have become increasingly …
A coalition of organizations opposed to genetically modified food in India has written to the minister of state for environment and forests seeking withdrawal of clearance given to Bt brinjal. The Coalition for GM-free India alleged the expert committee that cleared the genetically modified brinjal for commercial cultivation in the …
Scientists, agriculture experts and consumer groups welcome Union minister of environment Jairam Ramesh's decision to hold public meetings from January to look into the safety features of the controversial Bt brinjal which is the first genetically modified food crop to have been cleared for commercial release. Dr Pushpa Bhargava, India's …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai December 30, 2009, 0:39 IST Amid growing opposition to the human consumption of genetically-modified brinjal, also referred to as Bt brinjal, in various quarters, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh will travel across the country in January to hold consultations. During his month-long tour, Ramesh would …
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 …
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) cleared Bt brinjal for commercialization on 14 October 2009. The activists are up in arms terming the approval as a shame. The government has chosen to go slow and states that it would consult the stakeholders before making a decision on the release. It …
Mumbai: In a direct attack on multinationals, noted environmentalist Dr Vandana Shiva blamed these companies for spreading myths about genetically modified (GM) food and said the country's corrupt system helps them. Shiva said that it was false that genetic engineering increases the productivity. "This is not true because commercial genetic …
