This booklet captures some key developments in agricultural biotechnology in Africa. Contrary to the strongly held belief that the continent is not ready to embrace new technologies, much has been accomplished in agricultural biotechnology.
After the fibre crop Bt. Cotton, genetically-engineered food crops look set for more action, with Bt. Brinjal (eggplant) and golden rice expected to be released in the country in less than three years.
MINISTER for Animal Husbandry, Pongalur N Palanisamy on Saturday announced that a world-class bio-safety lab would be established at Padappai near Chennai at a cost of Rs 50 crore
This latest report by ISAAA documents how various stakeholders from 14 countries in Africa and Asia have benefited from science communication efforts and how in turn, they are now part of the process of realizing a collective voice on crop biotechnology.
Across the world, attempts at regulating the processes and products of recombinant DNA technologies, including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) had their origins in the famous Asilomar Conference in 1975.
K.V. Kurmanath
Chinnakanjarla (Medak dist), June 22
Activists of Greenpeace, a global non-governmental organisation that takes up environmental issues, today barged into a Bayer Crop science field trial site here, protesting against herbicide-resistant rice trials.
To be taken up by Indian Council of Medical Research
THOUGHT-PROVOKING: V.M. Katoch, ICMR Director General, delivering an address after inaugurating biosafety training course in the city on Tuesday.
MADURAI: The link between climate change and eye complications will be studied through national level projects to be taken up by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
