Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBiodiversityApril 4, 2018No Conflict Between Patent and Plant Breeders' Rights, Says New Chairman of PPVFR Authority By vivian fernandes Creating awareness about the rights of farmers and plant breeders to the plant material they have…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
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBriefingAugust 24, 2016Mahyco Withdraws Application From GEAC for Approval of Herbicide-tolerant Bt Cotton: Reuters By admin Mahyco, in which Monsanto has a 26 percent stake, has withdrawn its application seeking…Read more 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt cottonMarch 14, 2016RSS Affiliates Unmade It, Says Bhavdeep Kang By admin Bhavdeep Kang Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliates, Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Bharatiya…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyBt cottonGM CropsMarch 9, 2016Radha Mohan Plays Nationalist Card; Dares Monsanto With 70 Percent Cut in Technology Fees By admin The Agriculture Ministry headed by Radha Mohan has notified a sharp, 70 percent reduction in fees…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonMarch 5, 2016Monsanto's India CEO Makes Veiled Threat; Asks Govt to Desist from Cutting Trait Fees By admin Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech (MMBL) has sent a message to the government that it will not be keen on…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyFebruary 9, 2016Jairam Ramesh's Long Shadow on India's Agribiotech Industry By admin Today, 9 February is the sixth anniversary of environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s decision to put…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agriculture PolicyBt cottonGM CropsOctober 22, 2015A Rs 400 cr Case That Tests Intellectual Property Law in the Agricultural Sector By admin There is a storm brewing over foreign intellectual property rights in India and, for once, it…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Agri-biotechnologyAgriculture PolicyBt cottonSeptember 9, 2015Three Years After Monsanto’s Bt Gene Went Off Patent, Govt Wakes Up, Wants ICAR to Act By admin The Indian government has woken up to the fact that Monsanto’s bacterial gene that creates…Read more 0 0 0 Share
Bt cottonHybridsJune 22, 2015CICR Prefers High Density Planting of Varieties to Bt Hybrids By admin Of eighty cotton producing countries, India is the only one to grow hybrids and it has gone…Read more 0 0 0 Share