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View: Alarmism over genetically modified foods is unscientific and falseThere are hard scientific facts in favour of GM foods. Yet, activists still take the old alarmist stance.- These two issues could put the brakes on the Bt cotton storyIndia has the fifth largest area under GM crop cultivation, and Bt cotton seeds account for 40% of the Rs 14,000 crore national seeds marke...
- 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.
- Seed industry body wants action against illegal saleThe association, which has 35 members, has been formed with the objective of bringing together like-minded research based seed companies to...
- Ex-Cabinet secy 'regrets' over introducing GM cotton in India"In 1990s, I introduced GM cotton in India. Twenty years later, I regret...I am responsible for suicide of thousands of cotton farmers," Su...
- Desi GM cotton seeds to compete with MonsantoThe long-staple local or desi seeds and short-duration American cotton varieties were developed by the Central Institute for Cotton Researc...
- Government puts off GM cotton seed order, eases pressure on MonsantoIn an order last week, the farm ministry said any company providing any new, advanced variety of GM cotton would not be allowed to charge r...
- Government caps royalty fee on new GM cotton traits at 10%After the 5 year period, royalty would reduce by 10% of initial value every year. If the GM technology loses its efficacy, the technology p...
- Moving matches out of Maharashtra won't help farmers, GM crops willAgriculture accounts for almost half of all employment but only 14% of GDP. India must move people out of agriculture into industry and ser...
- Government wants local GM cotton seed by next year to check MonsantoThe Competition Commission (CCI) is investigating whether an Indian arm of the US-based technology major resorted to anti-competitive pract...
- 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.
- PMK urges Centre to ban genetically modified crops field trailGEAC had permitted confined field trials of 13 GM crops, including rice, brinjal, chickpea, mustard and cotton, out of the 15 cases it cons...
- Government allows cultivation of genetically modified crops after full scientific evaluation: Sanjeev Kumar Balyan"Total production of cotton has also increased from 35.2 million bales (of 170 kg each) in 2011-12 to 36.5 million bales in 2013-14," Balya...
- No credible reports to prove GM crops harmful: Sharad PawarThere are no "credible scientific reports" to prove that GM crops have adverse impact on environment, human health and livestock, the gover...
- Encourage other high-yielding crop tech instead of GM, says Abhijit SenPlan Commission member Sen underlined the need to push other high-yielding crop technologies which are widely accepted, instead of GM food ...
- 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...
- Varsity seeks early clearance for Bt cotton field trialsThe University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Bangalore has applied for regulatory clearance to start field trials of a transgenic cotto...
- 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...
- GM crops hold key to food security: ExpertIndia, which recorded the fastest growth in genetically modified (GM) crop adoption globally, could attain food self sufficiency once it al...
- Farmers cotton on to GM codeA large number of cotton growers have now moved to genetically modified (GM) cotton, popularly known as Bt cotton.
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