Agri-biotechnologyBriefingOctober 27, 2016Govt Accuses Activists Opposing GM Mustard of Blatantly Lying in Supreme Court Affidavit By admin The government has asked the Supreme Court to “dismiss with exemplary costs” the…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingOctober 22, 2016No Country Makes All Information on For-Approval GM Crops Public, Says Rao of Biotech Advocacy Group By admin Activists are not satisfied with a 130-page summary of the bio-safety assessment report of GM…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyOctober 17, 2016Dear Nitish Kumarji, There Are Quite a Few Slips in Your Letter to PM on GM Mustard By admin Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inveighed against genetically-modified (GM) mustard. In a…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingOctober 14, 2016Farmers Care More About Access And Pricing of Seeds Than Ownership: J S Chauhan By admin Activists and left-wing ideologues talk about ‘seed sovereignty’ or the right of farmers to own…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt cottonOctober 13, 2016Punjab Ag University is Testing Many Varieties and Hybrids of Bt Cotton: Research Director Gumber By admin Can you tell us something about the trials at Faridkot research station on longer-staple desi…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyOctober 11, 2016Over-rule GEAC Sub-Committee on GM Mustard Instantaneously, Bihar CM Urges PM in Letter By admin Respected Prime Minister, I have been informed that a technical panel of the Genetic…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt cottonOctober 2, 2016Whitefly Incidence This Year Was High Initially, But Controlled Quickly: PAU V-C Dhillon By admin After last year’s devastating attack of whitefly on cotton in Punjab, are farmers shifting out of…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt cottonOctober 1, 2016Opposers Might Move Supreme Court Against Release of GM Mustard for Cultivation By admin Leftists made common cause with right-wingers at a workshop in Delhi on 30 September comprising…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologySeptember 27, 2016GM Mustard Will Not Affect Honey Bees, says SABC Quoting Study, Experts By admin Pollen of genetically-engineered mustard will not affect honey bees. On the contrary, it is likely…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicySeptember 27, 2016NSAI Seeking to Steal Patented Traits, Breach Contracts, says ABLE-AG By admin The Association of Biotech-Led Enterprises (Agriculture Focus Group) or ABLE-AG says the National…Read more 0 0 Share