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Agri-biotechnologyBt cotton
June 8, 2022

Is There Life After Insect-Resistant Bt Cotton? A Podcast With M. Ramasami of Rasi Seeds

By vivian fernandes
Raw cotton or kapas prices have doubled since last year. At the Rajkot regulated mandi, the minimum…
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March 21, 2019

Harish Damodaran on How Radha Mohan Singh's Orders Denying Pricing and Licensing Freedom are Reversing the Cotton Revolution

By vivian fernandes
In an article in the Indian Express, Harish Damodaran writes that the government’s contempt for…
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August 23, 2018

Like ‘Jai Vigyan’ Vajpayee, PM Modi Must Show Commitment to Science-based Agriculture

By vivian fernandes
Vivian Fernandes reports on a prime minister who approved India’s first – and only…
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Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonBt technology
April 12, 2018

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Mahyco Monsanto Biotech's Patent; Shocks Agribiotechnology Industry

By vivian fernandes
A two-judge bench of the  Delhi High Court has set aside Monsanto’s patent on the transgenic…
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March 15, 2018

Some Bt Cottonseed Companies Invited Govt to Do Price Control; Now They're All Regretting It

By vivian fernandes
Vivian Fernandes reports on the perils of inviting the government to control cottonseed prices…
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March 13, 2018

Seed Producers Protest Cut in Retail Price of Bt Cottonseed by Rs 60 a Pack; Trait Fees Reduced by Rs 10

By vivian fernandes
After keeping the cottonseed industry in suspense for a week, the agriculture ministry notified a…
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February 13, 2018

FSII Expresses "Deep Concern" at Maharashtra Govt's Statements to Hold Seed Companies Liable for Losses Arising from Pink Bollworm Resistance

By vivian fernandes
The Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII), the breakaway group from the National Seed…
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Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cotton
January 17, 2018

Rich Europe Can Ignore GM Technology; India and African Nations Cannot, Says India Head of Bayer CropScience

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There is a role for organic farming, but it is a niche role; it cannot feed 10 billion people, which…
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December 23, 2017

ICAR and CICR to Collaborate with Nuziveedu Seeds for Save-n-Sow Variety as an Alternative to Monsanto's Bollgard II Bt Cottonseed

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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Nagpur’s Central Institute of…
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October 5, 2017

A Yavatmal Farmer's Account of Why About a Score have Died in the District While Spraying on Cotton Plants

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About 20 persons have died of pesticide poisoning in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district and more than…
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