CALLS TO REGULATE PRICING AND INTRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC CROPS ARE GETTING LOUDER AS THE SEED BILL 2010 LOOKS SET FOR MONSOON SESSION
Jayshree Nandi | TNN
Scientist C. Kameswara Rao reviews the document released by the Minister of Environment and Forests of the Government of India that declares a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt brinjal (eggplant) in India. Through a scientific review process Dr.
A one-day workshop on Bt Brinjal and Bt Crops organised by the Karnataka Biodiversity Board attracted none of the Government representatives except Principal Secretary of the Agriculture Ministry M Muniappa.
THERE is a need for a large-scale publicly funded biotechnology programme in agriculture to end the monopoly of the private sector, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has said in view of widespread opposition to genetically-modified Bt brinjal.
The Bt brinjal debate has featured technological worries relating to genetically modified crops, which appear relatively minor in comparison to the critical issue of who controls Indian agriculture and therefore who controls food security in India.
The moratorium on commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal, the genetically-modified form of the vegetable, is not likely to end anytime soon. This was indicated at a meeting of the Genetic Engineering and Appraisal Committee (GEAC) held today, the second since February when the government had imposed the ban.
