Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
K.V. Kurmanath Even as reports of Bt cotton 1 developing resistance to pink bollworm create concern in the farming community, Monsanto has begun work on two new technologies Bollgard III, the third generation Bt cotton technology, and Roundup Ready Flex (RRF), a technology that gives herbicide tolerance to the plant. …
Agriculture Joint Director Chikkannanavar has said that a dialogue between farmers and scientists would help to clear the air over commercial exploitation of Bt crops. Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer G V Rangarao inaugurating a seminar on mechanisation in sericulture, in Kolar on Tuesday. DH Photo
Nabard has sponsored a book with 101 success stories of farmers who dared to be different Surinder Sud / New Delhi March 09, 2010, 0:34 IST Indian farmers are known to be second to none when it comes to adoption of new technology. But, what is not so well-appreciated is …
The need of the hour is for an independent evaluation of the long-term impact of transgenics on farm productivity, genetic mutation and bio-safety. Girijaa Upadhyay It was extremely reassuring to see the Prime Minister endorse the decision of the Environment Minister on February 9, imposing a two-year moratorium on the …
Gurcharan Das / March 6, 2010, 0:51 IST Robert Skidelsky, the biographer of John Maynard Keynes, was in town recently, and he reminded us that inescapable uncertainty is the centrepiece of Keynes
Priscilla Jebaraj Firm asks farmers to switch to its second-generation product to delay resistance further Pink bollworm resistant to pest-killing protein of Bt cotton in four districts Monsanto's advice ridiculous, say scientists NEW DELHI: For the first time anywhere in the world, biotech agriculture giant Monsanto has admitted that insects …
HOW CAN A LOWLY VEGETABLE BE AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY? IS THERE A FOREIGN HAND IN YOUR BELLY? SHOMA CHAUDHURY LAYS BARE THE COMPLEX STORY OF Bt BRINJAL AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU THE lowly brinjal you have always known turning into a sci-fi gizmo — with an uncharted …
A framework for adapting Indian agriculture to global climate change: a paper presented by Dr. P.K Agarwal, IARI, Delhi at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
While the moratorium on Bt brinjal has dealt a blow to the scientific community, there are several genetically modifided crops being developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, trials for which are on across the country. Interestingly, as they work on these GM crops, scientists bear it in mind that apart …
Emergence of more virulent forms of pests and pathogens is also an important concern CUDDALORE: Biotechnology cannot be a panacea for the problems confronting the agricultural sector. At the most it can be part of a solution, but, thus far it is being pushed in the wrong direction, said B.Vasantraj …
Demeter-certified produce to be shipped to Europe. A.J. Vinayak Even as the Indian cashew sector explores niche products for growth, a Mangalore-based cashew processing company has come out with biodynamic cashew for the domestic and export markets. India's first biodynamic cashew, likely to command a 45 per cent premium over …
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the prescribed stipulations to avoid contamination of soil and traditional crops were adequate and there was no proposal to ban field trial of genetically modified crops. "There is no proposal to ban the field trials and research of GM crops in the country as …
Shiv Visvanathan About the author: Shiv Visvanathan is a social scientist Some of the choices made in biotechnology are evolutionarily irreversible. We have to realise our decisions affect the future in radically new ways, where repair may not be possible While the green revolution was publicly driven, biotechnology is controlled …
Should Bt brinjal be banned for cultivation? Those who advocate this are closing off the non-pesticide option and arguing in favour of pesticide-based production of brinjal. The use of Bt brinjal could be allowed on a carefully controlled basis, limiting as much as possible the spread of the Bt-gene. Bhaskar …
