Agriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologyJune 24, 2022Reducing Fertiliser Use to Cut Down on Imports and Trim the Subsidy Bill By vivian fernandes India needs to pare its fertiliser import bill with a bouquet of measures including getting farmers…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyJune 16, 2022Why Govt Must Set up Biotechnology Regulator, House it in Department of Biotechnology By vivian fernandes In an article in Economic Times Prime, Bhagirath Chaudhary and C D Mayee say the government should…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologyJuly 7, 2019Protest Planting of Unapproved HTBt Cotton: What's the Way Out? By vivian fernandes The government cannot approve the cultivation of HTBt cotton because the technology is…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyJune 23, 2019A Gandhian Satyagraha Rolls Out form Akoli Jahangir Village for an Un-Gandhian Purpose: Access to GM Technology By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes was present at Akoli Jahangir village, in Akot near Akola in Maharashtra when about…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt technologyJune 17, 2019Dispelling Falsehoods about GM Crops: What India Can Learn from the Philippines By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes was in the Philippines recently. He reports on the country’s advocacy and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt technologyMarch 8, 2019Govt Policies Have Shrunk Mahyco’s Ag Biotech Research Spending by 70 Percent: CTO Usha Zehr By vivian fernandes Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco) is the pioneer of organized private seed production in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyGM CropsOctober 19, 2018Centre for Science and Environment is Wrong: Import of GM Food is Allowed and it isn't Unregulated By vivian fernandes Vivain Fernandes counters the allegations of Delhi’s Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyApril 13, 2018Why the Delhi High Court Struck Down Monsanto's Patent on Transgenic Bollgard II Insecticidal Bt Cotton Technology By vivian fernandes Vivian Fernandes summarises the judgement of the division bench of the Delhi High Court which…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonBt technologyApril 12, 2018Delhi 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…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt technologyMarch 31, 2018Devang Mehta, a Young Zurich-based Scientist Writes Why He Quit GM Research By vivian fernandes In an article in Massive Science, a website devoted to the communication of science to the public…Read more 0 0 0 Share
