The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Wiebe E. Bijker, Professor, Department of Technology and Society Studies, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands had chaired the Health Council committee. Genuine fear of genetically modified (GM) crops arising from relatively less studied science combined with the fear of the unknown and lack of transparency of the companies dealing with GM …
Genetic Modification (GM) technology should be rationally approached and kept open as one of the components of future food security, said M. Vijayan, distinguished scientist and DAE Homi Bhabha professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Talking to The Hindu on the sidelines of a colloquium on Research and …
When the planting season arrives later this year, farmers in the United States will have a new way to safeguard their crops from drought. Last week, DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International, headquartered in Johnston, Iowa, announced plans to release a series of hybrid maize (corn) strains that can flourish with …
It will be very unwise on the part of Kerala to ask public sector institutions to do research on genetically modified (GM) crops, the former chairman of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board V.S. Vijayan has said. He was speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday. A public sector unit …
EUROPEANS are notoriously squeamish about genetically modified (GM) crops. In America, however, they reign supreme. Since farmers first planted GM soya in 1996, engineered crops have steadily conquered America
Joseph Vackayil Indian agriculture is evolving to its third phase, the era of genetically modified (GM) crops. The formalisation of this evolution into a revolution in the food sector will happen with the lifting of the moratorium on Bt brinjal by the Union government. India has already launched GM crops …
S.Ramachandran Pillai Kozhikode: S. Ramachandran Pillai, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), on Tuesday, demanded that the Union government make public-sector investments in genetically modified (GM) technology. At a press conference here, Mr. Pillai said such investments would end exploitation of farmers by multinational companies in …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: R.V.G. Menon, noted social activist and former president of the Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP), has endorsed the State government's stand that Genetically Modified (GM) crops will not be permitted in the State till their safety is proved beyond doubt, but sought an open mind on the issue. In …
KOZHIKODE: CPM politburo member S Ramachandran Pillai reiterated his stance on the genetically-modified (GM) crops even as the controversy over his statement at the International Congress on Kerala Studies refused to subside. Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, he said that it is imperative to make a difference between …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has clarified that the LDF Government still stands by its decision to ban the cultivation of Bt brinjal in the state. Speaking at the valedictory of International Congress on Kerala Studies here, Pinarayi referred to the controversy over the statement made by CPM leader …
ENVIRONMENT minister Jairam Ramesh has sought to allay the apprehensions raised by the Kerala government about his decision to allow field trials of genetically modified rubber in the state. In marked contrast to his stand on genetically modified (GM) food crops, the minister has argued that field trials are important …
According to this independent scientific study by Lou Gallagher, the safety claims made for Bt brinjal, are not supported by existing data and says that its consumption could result in adverse health effects. Plans for India’s first genetically engineered crop for human consumption have triggered a safety report that reveals …
New Delhi: The US government was advised by its officials to start a military-style trade war against European countries that oppose GM crop cultivation, a new Wikileak release by the UK-based newspaper Guardian has shown. The US embassy in Paris in 2007, when France moved to ban GM corn by …
Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) of food involves the laboratory process of artificially inserting genes into the DNA of food crops or animals. The result is called a genetically modified organism or GMO. GMOs can be engineered with genes from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals, or even humans. Most …
Mr Narendrabhai N. Limbasaya of Kotada Nayan village in Gujarat's Rajkot district has been growing cotton on 15 acres of land he owns for the last 7-8 years. Unlike in the previous years, he had to face problems this year due to unseasonal rain.
INDIA’S food regulatory authority is all set to notify a comprehensive food safety regulation by January 2011. The Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Regulation will integrate all previous food safety acts like the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. But the draft regulations put up on the website of the …
A BACTERIUM, which the biotech industry uses as a vehicle to insert foreign genes in plants, can alter the genetic makeup of other life forms like fungi in the environment, shows a research by UK scientists. This is a way, apart from cross pollination, modified genes could escape into the …
