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Protesting farmers sowed banned HTBT cotton, says lab reportThe farmers, under the banner of Shetkari Sanghatna, had sown HTBT cotton seeds openly, demanding that the ban on these seeds be lifted.- Only Bt. Cotton is approved GM Crop: Narendra Singh TomarThere have been few incidences of suspected open cultivation of Bt. brinjal and HT cotton were reported in Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Gu...
- Farmers, technology and freedom of choice: A tale of two satyagrahasThe science may be settled, but the politics is not. The government still bans some types of GM seeds.
- Farmers fear loss, not arrest, and seed illegal Bt cottonIndia allows cultivation of BGI and BGII varieties of Bt cotton.
- Farmers to defy ban on use of HTBT cotton: To plant genetically modified variant publicly on June 10On June 10, these farmers will openly plant HTBT cotton seeds at Akot in Akola district of Vidarbha.
- GM cotton grown in 8.5 lakh ha, illegal market is Rs 472 croreAccording to SABC, the market for illegal HT cotton hybrids is worth 472 crore and the area under cultivation is 8.5 lakh hectares.
- Government approach to GM tech is emotion-based, says MahycoJalna (Maharashtra), June 22 (IANS) With a decision to allow commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard pending, a top exe...
- GM animus dooms Indian farmers: Innovation is the answer to affordable Bt cotton technologyThe only GM product allowed for commercial cultivation in the country, Bt cotton has made India the largest cotton producer in the world.
- Sharad Joshi: The man who shunned freebies, sought free markets for farmersSharad Joshi, an extra ordinary leader of farmers, breathed his last on December 12 May his soul rest in peace.
- Monsanto says Bt cotton trials still on in IndiaThe company will continue to invest in research and development in India, said its newly appointed India chief executive, Shilpa Divekar Ni...
- HC gives Mahyco a chance to contest Karnataka ban on Bt cottonThe High Court said that the state government's order on ban "may treated as proposal" against which Mahyco will file objections within fiv...
- Karnataka bans sale of 2 Bt cotton varieties by Mahyco this year"The sales of Bt cotton hybrids by Mahyco company is banned until further orders in Karnataka state," according to the order issued by the ...
- Bt Brinjal: Jairam Ramesh expresses disappointment as government fails to put in place an independent regulatorRural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh expressed disappointment with his government for failing to put in place an independent regulator.
- Jairam Ramesh attacks Narendra ModiRamesh, former Environment Minister, said he had found Modi's opposition surprising as Gujarat had witnessed a success story on BT Cotton f...
- Govt can't ban field trials of GM crops: Sharad PawarThe Parliamentary panel on agriculture had recommended to stop all open-field trials of transgenic crops.
- Maharashtra bans Mahyco's Bt cotton seedsThe Maharashtra agriculture department has imposed a ban on seed major Mahyco from selling Bt cotton seeds in the state that tops in cotton...
- Cotton prices to rise on domestic demandTraders expect cotton prices to rise despite a larger harvest .
- Desi cotton fetches farmers better priceFarmers sowing the indigenous variety of cotton, known as "Desi Cotton"are getting higher price in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
- Future of genetically modified foods bleak in countryWith the new environment minister Jairam Ramesh disfavouring genetically modified (GM) foods such as a variety of brinjal and tomato, the f...
- Pawar bats for GM cottonThere is an immediate need to explore hybrid varieties of cotton and adopt new technologies to ensure high yield and contain production cos...
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