The Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security, an organisation of agricultural scientists, economists, policy makers, farmers and environmentalists, has called for an immediate moratorium on all

What kind of development should be encouraged? Should there be an emphasis on the mechanisation of agriculture or the return to pastoral farming? These are the some issues which are likely to be

It took less than 30 minutes on Saturday for the militant Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha to torch a farm at Malladaguda village, 420km from Bangalore, where US-based biotechnology giant Monsanto has

Three improved varieties of field crops - PBR-97 of Raya, PBW-396 of bread wheat and LC-2023 of the linseed - evolved by the Punjab Agricultural University have been approved for cultivation in

Innovative technology and consolidation ofscattered land holdings has made agriculture profitable in UP

Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) destroyed the Bollgard Cotton Crop on half an acre of land in the Maledagudda village of Raichur district protesing against the US gaint

The U.S. company Monsanto's bid to acquire Delta and Pine Land, the firm which is part owner of the Terminator genes technology, is increasingly becoming an albatross round its neck. The very real

Even as Monsanto Enterprises, the multinational food and bio-tech giant tried to clarify that it was in no way involved with 'Terminator Gene', The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) threatened to

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the terminator? No, this terminator is a technology used to protect plants and crops from pests and improve its quality. And "terminator technology" recently brought to India

Agricultural research institutions in India, especially those involved in dryland farming, have a major role to play in developing strategies for sustainable agricultural practices in the arid

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