GANDHINAGAR: Following several non-UPA ruled states opposing the proposed Seeds Bill, to be placed in the next session of Parliament, Gujarat government on Monday sought preliminary consultation to form an opinion on the matter.
State agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani told TOI, "While we decided to oppose any effort of the foreign countries to impose their seeds technology through this Bill,
Irate farmers blocked the DabwaFarmers block highway over Bt cotton seedli national highway against the unavailability of Bt cotton seed at the authorised outlets of a reputed seed manufacturing company.
The farmers alleged that an artificial shortage of the seed was being created to sell it on the black market.
This study presents the findings of research into the global socio-economic and environmental impact of biotech crops in the fourteen years since they were first commercially planted on a significant area.
JAIPUR: Farmer groups in Rajasthan have contested the claim of U.S.-based agricultural bio-technology giant Monsanto that its agreement signed with the State Government last July would make a sustainable improvement in farmers' lives and affirmed that the pact would in fact leave the very productive base of agriculturists
This study focuses on the direct monetary and other effects of growing GM crops that influence farmers‘ income, as represented by the following economic parameters: crop yields, seed costs, pesticides and herbicides costs, labour costs, and gross margins.
This report analyses major new developments regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in various regions around the world, including new evidence and testimony from Friends of the Earth International’s member groups.
Indian cotton was once infamously plundered by the British to benefit their finished goods economy back home. The world-famous Dhaka muslin were woven with desi cotton.
Genetic modification of life forms is a scientific issue and politics does not produce scientific answers. Hence, the debate over commercial cultivation of genetically-modified (GM) crop should be approached scientifically, says an eminent geneticist.
