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 …
Newswire18 / Ahmedabad October 1, 2008, 20:43 IST The prices of long staple Bt cotton or Sankar-6, in Gujarat are seen nose-diving 20 per cent in the next 10-15 days due to low export demand and increasing arrivals, traders said on Tuesday. Gujarat is the top cotton producing state in …
Food is one of the most important determinants of health, which is why the food must be nutritive and safe, the processes involving cultivation, storage conducted with safety as a priority and where equitable distribution is ensured. This report makes an effort to put forth the important health and safety …
little did farmers in Maharashtra know, or ever expect, that the thousands of rupees they invested in their soybean crop would be lost to countless colonies of caterpillars. The losses have shaken the region
Bs Reporter / Mumbai September 28, 2008, 0:29 IST Concerned over limited growth of oilseed acreage in the country, experts have called for commercialising genetically modified (GM) oilseeds to increase the yield and reduce dependence on imports. Speaking at Globeoil 2008, a global edible oil conference, here on Saturday, T …
Pune, September 24 At a time when the country is anticipating the first Genetically Modified (GM) food crop to be approved on a commercial basis, Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA) has launched Hamara Beej in the city to spread awareness and mobilisation on GM foods, called I am …
By Devinder Sharma The problem is that once Bt Brinjal enters the market, there is no way you can distinguish it from the normal ones. After the rats, goats, sheep and cows, it is now your turn. In a few months from now, if the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) …
Certain reports have raised doubts over biotech crops, but they are as safe as conventional ones and the success of Bt cotton can be replicated in other crops. This was stated by the All-India Biotechnology Association at a press conference here today. Representing the interests of 13 leading corporate houses …
Despite a ban, Bt cotton cultivation is widespread in Orissa the recent death of 93 goats after grazing near a cotton field in Bolangir, a tribal-dominated district in Orissa, has put the authorities on alert. The field in Kuthurla village, Khaprakhol block, was reportedly under Bt cotton cultivation. The state …
the Supreme Court on August 12 issued notice to the Centre on an application seeking a moratorium on allowing the cultivation of any genetically modified (gm) crop in the country. Hearing a pil filed by Aruna Rodrigues, P V Satheesh, Devinder Sharma and Rajeev Baruah in 2005, the court stated …
Measures to test GM crops for safety leave a lot to be desired In comments bearing direct relevance for India, Prince Charles, heir to British throne, launched a scathing attack on gm crops, calling them the
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai September 11, 2008, 3:24 IST After an overwhelming success of Bacillus thurengiensis (Bt) cotton, Bt brinjal is all set to go commercial from the next sowing season, with the completion of its trial runs. After the launch, Bt brinjal will become the first edible product …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi September 06, 2008, 3:59 IST Data on clinical trials of genetically-modified (GM) brinjal have been made public by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the environment ministry. The development comes even as Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco) had filed a petition before the …
Confronted with land degradation, chronic water shortages, and a growing population that already numbers 1.3 billion, China is looking to a transgenic green revolution to secure its food supply. Later this month, the government is expected to roll out a $3.5 billion research and development (R&D;) initiative on genetically modified …
Japan and Europe need to embrace genetically modified wheat to combat food shortages in poor countries, rather than pander to consumer fears, the head of a global wheat research institute said on Wednesday. Resistance from the public and consumer groups in rich countries to genetically modified (GM) wheat has forced …
