Monsanto, facing antitrust probes into its GM seeds, may benefit from previous court rulings in which intellectual property rights trumped competition concerns. The US Department of Justice and 7 state attorneys general are investigating whether the world

Priscilla Jebaraj

NEW DELHI: Biotech crop giant Monsanto seemed to admit failure with Bt cotton last week, but a government analysis says it looks more like a smart business strategy.

The biotech regulatory Bill gags dissent and takes away the power of states without providing any safeguards to farmers and consumers
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi March 11, 2010, 0:42 IST

Don't throw the technology away with the seeds

Rashme Sehgal

New Delhi, March 9: Despite Monsanto admitting that its Bt cotton (Bollgard-1) had failed to control pests in four districts of Gujarat, GEAC, apex regulator of genetically-modified crops, has cleared the Bollgard-2 variety, which has two Bt resistant genes, thereby increasing its toxicity.

March 10 : Ecologists like me are called

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

strains in India has begun to stutter and sputter in the last month, from triumphal to tentative. First came the government

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