Agriculture PolicyBt cottonBt technologyGM CropsMarch 15, 2018Some 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…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt cottonBt technologyCottonMarch 13, 2018Seed 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…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyOctober 11, 2017M Ramasami of Rasi Seeds & FSII Appeals to Mahyco To Reinstate Application for Approval of HT Cotton By admin Vivian Fernandes: You met the environment minister, the environment secretary and the additional…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt technologyOctober 9, 2017GEAC Heard About Illegal HT Cotton Cultivation For First Time Recently, says Chairperson Amita Prasad, Monsanto Says Informing Since 2008 By admin The illegal cultivation of herbicide-tolerant (HT) cotton seems to have become as unwieldy a…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBriefingBt technologySeptember 8, 2017Monsanto to Exit Cottonseed Business in India; Retains GM Traits, Veggie and Corn Seeds Businesses By admin Monsanto Holding Private Limited (MHPL) is exiting the cottonseed business in India. A…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt technologyAugust 8, 2017Pushpa Bhargava's Opposition to GM Crop Technology Doesn't Seem To Have Been Based on High Principle By admin I called up Pushpa Bhargava at about 6 pm on 16 January, seeking an appointment. I was curious to…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt technologyAugust 7, 2017ICAR's Sugarcane Breeding Institute Seeks Regulatory Permission for Further Research on Drought-resistant Transgenic Cane,Watching Govt Attitude to GM Mustard By admin The Sugarcane Breeding Institute in Coimbatore has developed 18 transgenic events of sugarcane, its…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt technologyMay 24, 2017If the ASG Has His Way, the Likes of Monsanto Will Be Denied Licensing and Pricing Freedom for GM Plant Traits By admin The agriculture ministry is not reconciled to the grip which Monsanto has on the Indian cottonseed…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBiodiversityBt technologyMay 21, 2017Let Farmers Have the Veto on GM Mustard, Not A Bunch of Activists Grandly Calling Themselves Coalitions, Alliances and Federations By admin Ever since the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) recommended on 11 May, the release of…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBriefingBt technologyMay 14, 2017India's Stand on Agricultural Patents Makes Monsanto Shy from New GM Cotton and Corn Introductions By admin Talk to executives at Monsanto India about agricultural biotechnology and one sees boredom, even…Read more 0 0 0 Share
