Agriculture

Genetically modified foods and crops: some facts that everyone should know

Genetic modification in agriculture involves the release of modified living organisms into the open environment. It is a technology which is at present imprecise, potentially hazardous and irreversible.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2013
Centre for Sustainable Agriculture
Tags:
GM Crops, Food Crops, India, Agriculture, GMOs, Bt Cotton, Food Security, Malnutrition, Environment, Health Effects, Agricultural Systems, Biotechnology
Agriculture

USDA says more review needed for new Monsanto, Dow GMO crops

The Department of Agriculture said Friday it will extend its scrutiny of controversial proposed biotech crops developed by Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical, and Monsanto Co.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2013
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Agriculture, GM Crops, GMOs, Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology, Monsanto, Herbicide, Biosafety, Farmers
Agriculture

Who decides what we eat?

In March, US President Barack Obama signed the HR 933 continuing resolution — popularly known as the Monsanto Protection Act — that effectively divests the federal courts of their constitutional po

Publication Date: 
11/05/2013
Devinder Sharma
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biotechnology, Monsanto, GM Crops, Genetic Engineering, Seeds, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Food Security, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa (Odisha), Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala
Agriculture

Maharashtra lifts ban on Mahyco’s Bt cotton seeds

The Maharashtra government has lifted the ban on sale of Bt Cotton seeds supplied by Mahyco Seeds for the coming Kharif season "in public interest".

Publication Date: 
06/05/2013
Vivek Deshpande
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Bt Cotton, Seeds, Mahyco, High Court, Biotechnology, Agriculture
Agriculture

Madhya Pradesh wants Bill on biotech regulator withdrawn

Opposition is building up against the Biotech Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha recently.

Publication Date: 
04/05/2013
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biosafety, Madhya Pradesh, Agriculture, Biotechnology, GM Crops, GMOs, Genetic Engineering, Health, Environment
Science And Technology

BRAI Bill introduced in Lok Sabha while protests rage on

The controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on April 22 amid vehement protests from opposition parties. The BRAI bill is contentious because it proposes to create a new regulatory body which will be a single-window clearance system for genetically modified crops in the country.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2013
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Biotechnology, GM Crops, India, GMOs, Food Crops, Biotechnology Industry, Greenpeace
Science And Technology

Discord over biotech authority Bill

BRAI will regulate research, transport, import, manufacture, use of organisms and products of modern biotechnology

Publication Date: 
24/04/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biotechnology, GM Crops, Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, GMOs, Health, India, Legislation, Genetic Engineering
Science And Technology

Govt betrays the nation on Earth Day! Tables deeply flawed (Biotech Regulatory Authority of India) BRAI Bill

The Coalition for a GM-Free India expressed deep disappointment at the Government’s action of sneaking in the controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill 2013, in Parliament today (22nd April, 2013) despite strong opposition from parliamentarians, scientists, civil society groups and other analysts to this controversial

Publication Date: 
23/04/2013
Coalition for a GM-Free India
Tags:
Biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry, India, GMOs, GM Crops, Biosafety
Science And Technology

The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2013

This controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha amid huge protests by opposition parties. It has been in controversy due to its proposal of an easy single window approval mechanism for GM crops in India.

Publication Date: 
22/04/2013
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Biotechnology, India, Legislation, Biotechnology Industry, GMOs, GM Crops, Genetic Engineering, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006
Science And Technology

Lab-grown kidney delivers results

Experts Say Process A Success In Rats, Raises Hope For Renal Failure Patients

London: A kidney grown in a lab has been successfully transplanted following which it started to produce urine. Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) bioengineered rat kidneys which later successfully produced urine both in a laboratory apparatus and after being transplanted into living animals.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2013
Kounteya Sinha
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
London, Scientists, Diseases, Biotechnology, Medical Research, Science And Technology

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