In this paper, assess the impacts of genetically modified eggplant, Bt brinjal, on economic and health outcomes in Bangladesh using a cluster randomized controlled design. Bt brinjal cultivation reduces the cost of pesticide use by 47 percent. This is driven by reductions in the use of pesticides with adverse ecological …
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 …
Pune The Maharashtra Organic Farming Federation (MOFF) has commended Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh for handling the controversial issues surrounding BT Brinjal in a "balanced manner". "He invited seed creators, scientists, consumers and farmers to come forth with opinions and came out without succumbing to any pressure. This …
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 …
Between Bt decision and subsidies, agriculture is badly hit While the jury is still out on whether Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh did the right thing by putting a moratorium on the use of Bt brinjal, or whether he simply played to the gallery by only taking into account the concerns …
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 …
Eminent scientist Dr PM Bhargava today flayed the current system of approval for genetically modified crops and said there was an immediate need for constitution of an independent national testing authority to carry out long-term health impact studies. Welcoming the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: Amid a raging controversy over allowing the commercial use of Bt brinjal, Congress has sided with environment minister Jairam Ramesh at the expense of science and technology minister Prithviraj Chavan. Asked about the different viewpoints within the government on the issue of the genetically modified vegetable, party spokesman …
Not Opposed To More Tests, But I Think Scientists Have Done A Thorough Job, Says Minister New Delhi: Minister of state for science and technology Prithviraj Chavan has strongly defended the tests conducted on Bt brinjal before it was declared as
Joining the growing number of voices within the government that are uncomfortable with the decision to put the introduction of Bt brinjal on indefinite hold, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said it was important to ensure that
Jairam Ramesh, the Union minister for environment and forests, has agreed to put Bt brinjal on hold. I believe this is the right and only decision that he could have taken. The fact is that we are not talking about a new technology of genetic modification here. We are talking …
AP GM can have some remarkable effects HUNDREDS of farmers in long, faded cotton sarongs swarmed outside an auditorium at Bangalore University on February 6th. They were waiting for India
Jairam Ramesh today led another line of assault, saying government scientists who had dared to oppose the introduction of Bt brinjal were being harassed. At the same time, senior agricultural scientists have started to openly attack Ramesh on the decision.
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. …
Brinjal populism should not stymie regulation By putting an open-ended moratorium on the commercial cultivation of the gene-altered Bt brinjal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has ended the long-pending uncertainty over this issue. If, despite nine years of testing and safety trials to the satisfaction of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee …
G. Srinivasan After interacting with activists and scientists at seven public hearings across the country, the Union Minister of Environment and Forests Mr Jairam Ramesh's Tuesday announcement of a moratorium on commercialisation of Bt. brinjal makes clear, and unambiguously too, that bioengineering of commercial crop and food crop is not …
