Rajasthan opens farm gates

State ties up with Monsanto, other biotech giants to restructure agriculture

Does Cry1Ac gene harm plants?

A new Indian study says yes, but scientists differ  

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs

Agriculture ministry bats for GM crops

Calls for a national policy on GM crops in its report to Parliament

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Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm developed resistance to Bt Cotton

Entomologists say early and late sowing, long-duration crops and not planting other varieties against advice may have contributed to resistance …

Technology needs stewardship

Keshav Raj Kranthi, an entomologist by training, is director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. He has developed an extensive …

Idea of farmer wisdom is relentlessly manipulated

As a visiting American academic, Glenn Davis Stone has put in over 60 weeks of field research on the impact of Bt cotton on farmers in Andhra …

Wrong to say Bt cotton successful in India: Environmental activists

The GM crop traditionally modified to repel pests has instead induced new pests that can greatly disrupt the ecological balance

Trial after error

The Supreme Court's decision to resend Monsanto's Bt cotton case to the trial court will ensure judicial scrutiny of all aspects of the patent …

Does India really need GM Mustard?

Botanists say that pests and insects may grow resistant to the transgenic crop after a decade or so, triggering the need for newer versions of …

Monsanto's troublesome trait

Bayer is battling seed companies and farmers in several countries over royalty on Monsanto's GM seeds

Why are pests developing resistance to Bt cotton in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh?

Low compliance to planting refuge crops along with Bt crops and selection of refuge crops are some of the problem areas identified by a recent study

How turmeric became tribal south Rajasthan’s ‘saviour spice’

The success of organic turmeric cultivation in Dungarpur proves that it isn't necessary to look towards global crops like BT cotton as saviours 

Honey traders oppose GM mustard, to observe day-long protest on Sep 28

The beekeepers across India pointed out the adverse impact that GM cotton had on bees when it was introduced in 2002

Committee confirms use of illegal cotton seeds

Last year, herbicide tolerant cotton was blamed for the deaths of farmers due to inhalation in Vidharbha region

Revoking Monsanto's GM cotton patent is of little help to farmers let down by the technology

Designed to resist the bollworm pest, Monsanto's Bollgard II is seen as useless as the pink bollworm ravages cotton fields across the country

How power shaped the ‘success story’ of genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso

Many GM crops in Africa are not the domain of big agri-business companies. This doesn’t mean vested interests won’t still shape …

Resisting GM crops is our responsibility: expert

Genetically modified crops are “Terminator technology” that kills the basic instinct for survival

Seed revolution that lasted five days

Agriculture ministry's bravado in bringing seeds under compulsory licensing was short-lived

Ahead of SC hearing on GM mustard, activists accuse Centre of misleading apex court

Supreme Court did not get the opportunity to hear the parties in 2016 and 2017 because of repeated undertakings made by the Centre, saying …

Maharashtra bans Bt cotton seeds of Mahyco Monsanto Biotech

Move follows complaints against the company of providing inferior seeds, cheating and creating shortages

Genocide of farmers

Film >> Cotton for my shroud • by Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl • Produced by Top Quark Films • 81.30 min HDV Documentary 2011