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Banned cotton seeds carve out ₹600 cr parallel marketBanned HTBt cotton seeds are now popular in India. These seeds account for 15% of the market. Farmers use them to cut labour costs. Industr...- Centre says opposition to GM crops based on unfounded fearsThe Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had submitted that the average prices of refined palm oil, soy oil and mustard oil are incre...
- 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.
- India's farmers burdened with 'choice overload'After the Indian government liberalised the economy in the 1990s, the government pulled back subsidies on fertilisers, pesticides, water an...
- Cotton as source of bare necessitiesIn the era of synthetic meat, made from plant material or cloned meat cells, it should not come as a total surprise that scientists have de...
- Science turns to faith for GM seedsNobel laureate Richard Roberts approaches Pope, other religious leaders for their support to genetically modified seeds.
- Monsanto slips 6% as ministry of agriculture readies to notify Bt cotton pricesThe company is against any regulation of the genetically modified seed prices in the country and has threatened to pull out its GMO technol...
- CNRI bats for GM crops to combat climate changePitching for GM crops for combating challenges of climate change, Confederation of NGOs of Rural India demanded that govt act fast on allow...
- 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...
- GEAC clears way for wider genetically modified crop trialsThese proposals had been cleared for limited field trials in 2011-12, but clearance for larger trials were pending as the committee had not...
- Scientists develop 200 GM crops, await govt nod for trialsIndian scientists have over the years developed more than 200 genetically modified (GM) varieties of as many as 15 crops including cotton, ...
- Farmers prefer growing genetically modified crops: Sharad PawarFarmers tend to prefer growing genetically modified crops as they give higher yield, are more disease resistant & provide more profits.
- Government acknowledges Bt Cotton constitutes 90% of country's totaol acreageThe Central government is now openly acknowleding that genetically modified or Bt Cotton now constitutes as high as 90% of the country's to...
- Cotton hybrids need to be explored for better yield: PawarThere is an immediate need to explore hybrid varieties of cotton and adopt new technologies to ensure high yield as also contain production...
- JK Group aims to triple market share of Bt cottonJK Agri Genetics aims to nearly triple its market share to eight per cent in this kharif season.
- Bring rational regulatory regime for rDNA biotech productsThe modern biotech industry represents the accrual of economic benefits by the application of recombinant DNA.
- Ground reality: Bt cotton crop rises to 8.6 m acresRefuting the government’s claims on the area under Bt cotton in the country, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech ...
- AP urges Centre to consult states on transgenic varietiesFighting a spirited legal battle against US biotech major Monsanto on its "astronomical" trait value for Bt Cotton seeds, the Andhra Prades...
- Draft Seeds Act needs to have tough norms for genetically modified varietyWith Bt Cotton now having been cleared by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) for commercial production, the draft Seeds Act ...
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