Biotechnology

This paper is a critique of Srivastava and Kolady1 who reported a macro analysis of the benefits of Bt cotton in India using state wide average data. The analysis is in error with respect to the economic benefits, biological underpinnings, and the effects of Bt cotton technology adoption on resource-poor farmers growing rain fed cotton. Viable non GMO high density cotton alternatives that increase yields, reduce cost of production, and give higher net average returns were ignored. The authors argue for biotechnology adoption in other crops in India without providing data or analysis.

Publication Date:

25/02/2017

Author(s): Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Luigi Ponti, Johann Baumgartner

Source: Current Science

Vol:

112

Issue:

4

pp:

690-693

Tags:

Agriculture, Biotechnology, Bt Cotton, India, Farmers, GM Crops, Plant Breeding

Health

Anti-obesity nutraceutical developed from seaweeds

The Kochi-headquartered Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has developed an anti-obesity nutraceutical from seaweeds.

Publication Date:

16/02/2017

Source: Times Of India (Kochi)

Tags:

Kerala, Obesity, Biotechnology, Population, Health Care, Health

Agriculture

Transgenic crops: hazards and uncertainties

New review from Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development highlights hazards and uncertainties of GM crops. The Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) has published an important new book: “Transgenic crops hazards and uncertainties: More than 750 studies disregarded by the GMOs regulatory bodies”.

Publication Date:

01/01/2017

Author(s): Gilles Ferment, Leonardo Melgarejo, Gabriel Bianconi Fernandes, José Maria Ferraz

Source: Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development

Tags:

GM Crops, GMOs, Agriculture, Bt Cotton, India, Global, Biotechnology, Pesticide Use, Environment, Toxins, Health Effects

Agriculture

Herbicide resistant crops: the truth about the world’s most widely grown engineered plants

In the article Herbicide Resistant Crops: The Truth About the World’s Most Widely Grown Engineered Plants, debunks the agrochemical industry’s claims that genetically modified (GM) crops are the solution to world hunger and malnutrition.

Publication Date:

07/12/2016

Author(s): Bill Freese

Source: Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP)

Tags:

GM Crops, Herbicide, Health Effects, Environment, Biotechnology, Pesticides, India, Global

Agriculture

Innovative farming and forestry across the emerging world: the role of genetically modified crops and trees

This book makes the “business case” for the role of biotechnology innovations for sustainable development in emerging and developing economies. It seeks to support the factual debate on biosciences and technology for developing and emerging economies.

Publication Date:

01/12/2016

Author(s): Sylvie De Buck, Ivan Ingelbrecht, Marc Heijde, Marc Van Montagu

Source: International Industrial Biotechnology Network (IIBN)

Tags:

GM Crops, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Bt Cotton, Forests, Biomass, India, Global, Industry

Agriculture

State to approach Centre against GM mustard

The state government is set to write to the Centre against Genetic Engineering Approval Committee's (GEAC) plan to approve genetically modified (GM) mustard.

Publication Date:

29/09/2016

Author(s): Laxmi Ajai Prasanna

Source: Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, GM Crops, Oilseeds, Scientists, Biotechnology, Western Ghats, Ecology, Agriculture

Environment

Release full biosafety data on GM mustard: activists

More than 90 non-government outfits and some prominent citizens associated with civil society movements are among the signatories. Reuters file photo

Publication Date:

23/09/2016

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Biosafety, GM Crops, Oilseeds, GMOs, NGO, Environmental Health, Biotechnology, Environment

Agriculture

Assessment of food and environmental safety (AFES) for environmental release of genetically engineered mustard hybird DMH-11 and use of parental events for development of new generation hybirds

Publication Date:

01/09/2016

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

GM Crops, India, Agriculture, Biosafety, Health Effects, Toxicity Studies, Biotechnology

Energy

'Biofuel can be alternative to fossil fuel'

TRICHY: Biofuel made from microalgae can prove to be an alternative to conventional fossil fuels, said experts participating in the international conference, titled 'Microalgal and Cyanobacterial b

Publication Date:

01/09/2016

Source: Times of India (Trichy)

Tags:

Tamil Nadu, Biofuels, Alternative Fuels, Fossil Fuels, Biotechnology, Energy