Jairam Ramesh Stressing that India needed to look at its seed industry, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said he believed in the fundamental primacy of the public sector seed industry.

Scientists and activists have welcomed the decision of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to defer commercialisation of Bt brinjal. Even Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco), which created the genetically modified vegetable, said it respects the verdict.

Farmers should adopt modern technologies of cultivation and the scientists should improve on the traditional cultivation methods by inventing useful equipment that suit the local needs, opined agriculturist Dr H Somashekhar.

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Tuesday adjourned to Wednesday hearing on a petition against a panel

NEW DELHI: Bt brinjal will not make it to your dinner table for now. On Tuesday, the Environment Ministry announced its decision to impose a moratorium on the release of the transgenic brinjal hybrid developed by Mahyco, a subsidiary of global seed giant Monsanto.

HYDERABAD: Agriculture Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy, AP Ryotu Sangham, AP Rythu Sangham and the State unit of Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Tuesday hailed as

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NEW DELHI: Agriculture scientist and Rajya Sabha member M.S. Swaminathan on Tuesday described the government

IN the wake of the mounting protests against the proposed introduction of Bt brinjal, the Tamil Nadu Agr i c u l t u r a l U n ive r s i t y (TNAU) Vice-Chancellor P Murugesa Boopathi said the institute would not go ahead with its plan of introducing the new varieties for cultivation after the government refused to grant permission for the release.

CHENNAI: A Siddha medical practitioner here has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court praying that the approval granted by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) on October 14 last year for environmental release of Bt brinjal in the country be declared null and void.

Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will honour Dr MS Swaminathan, a renowned agricultural scientist of the country and the world, and will confer on him the degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) at its convocation on February 10 here.