Agricultural scientist and chairman of National Commission on Agriculture MS Swaminathan said that any attempt to promote the cooperative or group farming will succeed only if it is made into win-win situation for all those who join it.

The government of India will set up the country

SANGEETHA CHENGAPPA
BENGALURU

Over 40 CSIR funded developmental technologies with approximately Rs 50 crore in funding are currently languishing as there are no takers to commercialise and take them to market, either in India or abroad

GOUTAM DAS
BENGALURU

Karnataka

June 18: The AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) is setting up an Special Economic Zone focusing mainly on livestock and animal biotech near Pulivendula for research and development of zoonotic diseases, such as swine flu, avian flu.

Two leading US-based companies have already agreed to set up their units in this SEZ.

Mashelkar report says modified organisms are intellectual property THE expert group on patent law headed by R A Mashelkar has recommended that microbes like bacteria, fungi and virus should be patented if they have been modified. The committee has also said India cannot limit its patents to new chemical substances in pharmaceutical products. The recommendations were submitted to the Union

Mukesh Ranjan

June 11: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has got support from the plan panel on his opposition to genetically modified (GM) foods.

Monsanto and Germany-based BASF have discovered a naturally-occurring gene that can help corn plants combat drought and confer yield stability during periods of inadequate water supplies. The scientists of both companies announced the discovery in Germany on Tuesday.