Farmers' suicides due to crop failure
study: A survey conducted by a study group has established that suicides by farmers in Maharashtra during the last cropping season were indeed related to failure of crops, mainly cotton. The study
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Genetic cotton
farmers' protest may cause setback to research: The attack by Karnataka farmers on Monsanto's genetically engineered cotton crop may cause a serious setback to research on developing new food crops
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No terminator gene in Bollgard cotton seeds
Field trials of Bollgard cotton varieties by the American-based multi-national company Monsanto inthe State is not related to the much feared "terminator gene" which prevents the use of second
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Terminator seed not being tested
Monsanto: Despite nationwide protests from farmers, Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (MMB), a 50:50 joint venture between global agro-technology giant Monsanto and Mahyco, is set to go ahead with the final
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DeKalb buy clears hurdle
Monsanto Co. said it received regulatory clearance for its long delayed acquisition of DeKalb Genetics Corp, a $2.3billion deal that increases the St. Louis company's crop-bio-technology power. To
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Punjab farmers, reeling in debt, see yet another crop wither
Punjab's dream of ushering in a white revolution or what is known as the cotton revolution has turned into a nightmare. And the farmers are blaming the untimely rains and spurious pesticides for
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Danida aid for research on plant immunisation
The Danish International Development Agency has granted Rs 1.3 crores to the Applied Botany Department of Mysore University to carry out research in immunising plants against diseases, instead of
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Terminator gene not a reality but speculation, Monsanto chief
The controversy revolving around the so-called 'terminator gene' technology is not a reality said Terry J Bunn, director & head of South Asia, Monsanto Enterprises Ltd. Bunn tookover the reins of
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AP farmers burn Monsanto cotton crop fearing new gene
Taking cure from their Karnataka counterparts, farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district have destroyed an experimental field of the controversial 'Bollgard' cotton crop raised by the US
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Attack on Monsanto crop is seen as setback to research
The attack on Monsanto's genetically engineered cotton crop may cause a serious setback to the research on developing new food crops through bio-technology, an official in the Department of
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Redrot eats up 20% sugarcane crop in Punjab
Rattarog (Redrot) has spoiled about 20 per cent the sugarcane crop in Punjab. The worst effect of this has been seen on the COJ-64 variety of the crop, covering almost 50 per cent the area presently
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Experts' panel to monitor genetic farming
The Janata Dal Government set up expert panel to monitor genetic farming, which is being opposed by one of the Karnataka's militant farmers association.The state Governemnt also said that it would
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NGOs demand details of trials with genetically altered seeds
Three NGOs today demanded that the Central Government make public all the details relating to Monsanto's trials involving genetically engineered seeds in various states, including Andhra Pradesh and
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Monsanto denies using killer gene
The controversy over the "terminator" gene came to the fore with the multinational group subsidiary, Monsanto India, claiming that it had never used the gene protection technology or the terminator
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All India campaign against Monsanto planned
It took less than 30 minutes on Saturday for the militant Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha to torch a farm at Malladaguda village, 420km from Bangalore, where US-based biotechnology giant Monsanto has
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Suspicions linger about Monsanto
The U.S. company Monsanto's bid to acquire Delta and Pine Land, the firm which is part owner of the Terminator genes technology, is increasingly becoming an albatross round its neck. The very real
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Terminator gene not involved in field trials, says Monsanto
Monsanto sid on Saturday said that 'a non-existent so called terminator gene' was not involved in the field trials being carried out by it in India for pest-tolerant "bollgard" (Bt) Cotton. Monsanto
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Kashmir saffron loses flavour
Notwithstanding a bumper crop this season, the world famous Kashmir saffron is losing its flavour because of a stiff competition from "inferior" Iranian produce, fake variety and official
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Karnataka farmers threaten to up root Monsanto trials
Even as Monsanto Enterprises, the multinational food and bio-tech giant tried to clarify that it was in no way involved with 'Terminator Gene', The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) threatened to
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Six farmers commit 'suicide' as cotton crop fails again
Six cotton growers of Madhya Pradesh, five of them from the Vidarbha region, allegedly committed suicide last week following widespread damage to the cotton crop due to unseasonal rain and their