The GM snare

Future shock, this?

France says yes to GM trials

Supreme Court gives go-ahead to GM trials

How Bt brinjal was cleared

Anti-GM groups say expert panel acted under pressure

Farmers demand complete ban on GM crops

India's WTO stand gets support of UN agricultural development agency chief

Targeted approach to benefit the poorest rather than universalisation of food security is right way to go ahead, says Kanayo F Nwanze

2022 too short, too far: A tough year for farmers, cattle owners

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022  

I know the havoc that genetically modified crops can wreak

Indians are killing the future of the coming generations by welcoming GMOs in Indian food and environment

Monsanto conducted trials of GM maize without approval, reveals RTI reply

Biotech regulatory panel overlooked violation

Civil society groups appeal against sacrificing biosafety for biotech companies

 Urge governments to implement biosafety protocols and adopting cautious approach towards risky technologies like genetic engineering 

Drained royally by MNCs

Royalty payments to firms like Suzuki and Monsanto are sucking out huge sums from India

The GM question

Are hybrid maize seeds being promoted to pave the way for GM maize?

Farm differently

Report>>A report riles industrial farming nations and agribusiness

India’s rainfall patterns changing drastically, say Stanford scientists

Longer dry spells and wetter wet spells could spell doom for the Indian agriculture, they warn

Maya of Indian Science

Lies, denial and outright fraud have become the hallmark of Indian agricultural research because there is no accountability

Linkage between science and public policy has weakened

M S Swaminathan, popularly known as the father of India’s Green Revolution, has been associated with national agricultural research system (…

GEAC has power only to withdraw permission

Arjula R Reddy, a plant geneticist, was appointed co-chairperson of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) in 2009. At present, he …

Nutri-farms to fight hidden hunger

In a first, bio-fortification technology gets Rs 200 crore in the Union Budget

ICAR’s shoddy science

Inquiry panel finds Bt cotton project had serious flaws, scientists were unethical

States’ entry ruffles GM lobby

Biotech firms object to states getting a say in approving GM crop trials

In short

Halt GM crops

Pesticides lobby’s coup

Krishi Bhavan supports endosulfan companies; Kerala protests

Green signal for Bt brinjal

Final nod from environment ministry in February 2010