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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center shifts focus to gene editing for wheat resilience as GM varieties stallThe International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is focusing on gene editing to develop wheat varieties resistant to drought, ...- Import of Washington apples on hold pending genetic modifications-free certificationThe new regulation of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Fssai) requires imported consignments of two dozen major food crops...
- RSS-linked outfit resists, ICAR wants GM trials'Vision 2050' has listed research into Genetically Modified Organisms among nine key areas which have to be harnessed for enhancing product...
- Stopping field trials of GM crops is a pseudo-scientific form of religious frenzyEnvironmental activists have long gained fame and fortune by campaigning against genetically modified foods, which they denounce as “monste...
- India must not have 'irrational fears' for GM crops: ExpertThe country needs to develop more GM crops to cut down on the large imports of pulses, vegetables and edible oils and should not be swayed ...
- No scientific evidence to prove GM crops harmful: GovernmentThe 12 crops ready for field trials include cotton, rice, castor, wheat, maize, groundnut, potato, sorghum, brinjal, mustard, sugarcane and...
- India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram awarded World Food PrizeThe award "honours the innovative spirit of farmers", he said adding that "without their contributions, my research wouldn't have been poss...
- India-born scientist Rajaram awarded World Food PrizeIndia-born Mexican scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been presented with the prestigious World Food Prize 2014 for his agricultural research th...
- Monsanto hits 5% upper circuit as regulator revalidates GM cropsShares of Monsanto India were locked at 5% upper circuit after the govt's top regulator, GEAC, on Friday revalidated 10 varieties of GM cro...
- 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...
- Veerappa Moily clears field trials of genetically modified cropsIt will also open the floodgates for trials of 53 other food crops, which could be taken up as early as the next meeting of the GEAC in lat...
- New research, and the future of GM crops in IndiaA paper by Seralini, which Jairam Ramesh cited to slam GM crops, has been withdrawn by the journal. What does this mean?
- As opposition to GM grows, companies are turning to mutant breedingMutagenesis isn’t new: breeders have relied on it for decades to produce thousands of varieties of lettuce, oats, rice and other crops.
- 20 mn tonne wheat wasted in India every year: IMEAround 20 million tonnes of wheat is wasted in India every year due to inadequate storage infrastructure, Institution of Mechanical Enginee...
- 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, ...
- Jairam Ramesh warns against use of genetically modified food cropsThe food revolution on Monday is being driven by Monsanto and Syngenta and Ramesh said that presents a need for caution.
- Hybrid seeds company Mahyco eyes 10% revenue growth in FY'12Mahyco expected to achieve around 10 per cent growth in revenues to about Rs 690 crore this fiscal on the back of growing demand for improv...
- Parliamentary panel studies pros and cons of GM foodWhile stressing on the need to have a regulatory mechanism, the experts welcomed the new law seeking the setting up of the National Biotech...
- Two GM varieties of wheat developed by Indian co registeredMNCs have garnered a major share of the Rs 6k-crore seeds market in India. In fact, many private companies have forged alliance with MNCs a...
- Farmers may up sugarcane acreageIndian farmers are likely to increase the acreages of sugarcane and pulses at the cost of oilseeds area.
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