Why GEAC Must Not Give in to Anti-GM Activists on GM Mustard
Last week Kavita Kuruganti and six other activists who call themselves grandly as the Coalition for…
Reminding Anti-GM Mustard Activists Why Import Curbs on Edible Oils are Bad
While trashing genetically-modified (GM) mustard developed by Delhi University’s geneticist Deepak…
Dept of Biotech's Roundtable on GM Crop Patents Fails to Find Middle Ground
(1) Representatives from the agri-biotechnology industry stressed the need for a predictable and…
Food Price Inflation Should Be Fought With Sound Policies, Not Policing
At a meeting on 7 June to check food price inflation, the consumer affairs ministry announced a slew…
Apex Body of Pulses and Grain Traders Launches Initiative in Marathwada to Capture Rainwater in Riverbeds
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The India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the apex body of traders in…
Anti-GM Activists Walk Out of GM Mustard Meeting Demanding Two Hours to Speak Against 30 Minutes Given
Members of a coalition of groups opposed to genetically-modified (GM) crops walked out of a…
Micro-Irrigation Industry Wants Subsidy Capped at 50 Percent of Cost
While presenting to the agriculture ministry their analysis of why micro-irrigation covers just 5.5…
Modi Sardines, a Rage in Mangaluru, Warn of Destructive Fishing Practices
Fish auction centre at South Wharf, Bunder, Mangaluru. Photo by Vivian Fernandes.
Unknown perhaps to…