Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsMay 19, 2016Fear of Foreign-Produced Agri-science Could Make India Dependent on Foreign Technology in the Long Run: CEA Subramanian By admin The Q&A session that followed Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian’s lecture on…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsMay 18, 2016Indian Agriculture Must Build on Success of Bt Cotton, Private Research: CEA Arvind Subramanian By admin Since democracy is about numbers why are good policies for agriculture, which engages 49 percent of…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsMay 11, 2016Should Farmers Plant Desi or Bt Cotton? Nationalism Intrudes into a Scientific Debate By admin The currently fashionable belief that everything (well, almost) that is good and great emerged in…Read more 0 0 0 Share
GM CropsMay 1, 2016GM Crop Technology is No Longer the Preserve of MNCs: Randy Hautea of ISAAA By admin Genetically-modified crops occupied 179.6 million hectares in 2015 and have delivered agronomic…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyGM CropsJanuary 15, 2016M S Swaminathan Unedited on Genetically-Modified Crop Technology By admin “The history of genetic modification goes back to 1953 when Watson, Crick and Wilkins…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingGM CropsGM EndorsementsJanuary 12, 2016NITI Aayog Strongly Endorses GM Technology; Makes Case for GM Mustard By admin NITI Aayog has made a forceful case for genetically-modified seeds in its paper on ‘Raising…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingGM CropsJanuary 9, 2016If Govt Can Remove Ban on Jallikattu, Why Cannot It Lift Stay on Bt Brinjal? Asks Jairam Ramesh By admin While declaring a moratorium on the commercial introduction of Bt brinjal on 9 February 2010, you…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBiodiversityBt cottonGM CropsDecember 9, 2015Blending Non-Bt with Bt Cottonseeds to Delay Insect Resistance: Govt Anxious About Lax Standards By admin Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, ABLE-AG Thirteen years after genetically-modified Bt cotton was…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonBt technologyGM CropsDecember 7, 2015Why is Prabhakar Rao of Nuziveedu Seeds Fond of FRAND Licensing? By admin Indian seed companies are pushing the government to legislate ‘Fair, Reasonable and…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonCottonGM CropsNovember 2, 2015NBRI Says Crafted Whitefly-resistant Transgenic Cotton; Potency Needs Testing in Natural Conditions By admin The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) has developed genetically modified cotton resistant…Read more 0 0 0 Share
