Fisheries

 Debating GM crops: Let sound science, and so good sense, inform it

The Paris based International Council for Science, a federation of more than 100 national science academies, has come out with the biggest review of scientific literature on genetically modified crops. The review provides guarantee: GM foods presently in

Publication Date: 
14/07/2003
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India

 Green minister gets pink slip

The row over genetically modified (gm) food has taken on strong political overtones in the uk. As part of a controversial cabinet reshuffle, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has asked environment

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14/07/2003
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Crop Biodiversity, Genetic Engineering, Research, United Kingdom (UK)
Water Resources

 Pink bollworm a potent threat to GM cotton

The quest to promote Bt Bacillus thuringiensis cotton may suffer a serious setback with scientists from the US based University of Arizona discovering that the pink bollworm one of the most destructive agricultural pests harbours three genetic mutat

Publication Date: 
30/05/2003
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Pest Control, Cotton, Crop Biodiversity
India

 GM debate rages

A recent draft measure by the new Brazilian government to control the country's rampant illegal transgenic soya trade has created a storm among those for and against genetically modified (gm) soya.

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14/05/2003
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Soyabean, Trade, Crop Biodiversity, Genetic Engineering
Energy

 Seeds of trouble

Brazilian farmers in the state of Rio Grande do Sul were recently confronted by the prickly issue of genetically modified (gm) crops. Although the commercial planting of gm crops is officially

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
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Genetic Resources, Crop Biodiversity, Genetic Engineering, Brazil
Water Resources

 In Short

flawed trials: Yet another controversy has erupted over genetically modified (GM) crops

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
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Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Water Resources, Fish, Diesel, Petrol, Nuclear Power, Waste Disposal, Chemical Leakages, Crop Biodiversity, Auto Industry, Power Industry, Genetic Engineering, China, United Kingdom (UK), Brazil, India, Vehicles
Agriculture

 Hunger strike

Hundreds of hungry villagers in Zambia looted a warehouse storing genetically modified (gm) maize, whose distribution had been banned by the government. The desperate villagers assaulted the lone

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
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Starvation, Crop Biodiversity, Zambia
India

 Bt by Bt assessment

On November 10, 2002, people wearing Bollgard caps visited cotton farmer R Narsimha Reddy at his home in Aleru, a village in Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh. Bollgard cotton Bt cotton is Monsanto s proprietary gene technology developed to defend the pest pro

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27/02/2003
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Cotton, WTO, Genetic Resources, Crop Biodiversity, Genetic Engineering, Research Agencies, India, Andhra Pradesh
Wildlife

 Corn cleared

Agriculture officials in the Phili

Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
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Crop Biodiversity, Genetic Engineering, Philippines
India

 In Short

RIGHTS ISSUE: A patent on atta chakkis (flour mills). It sure was unexpected. But it's been granted. The latest victim of the patent rights regime is the Asian traditional knowledge of producing

Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
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Air Pollution, Natural Fertilisers, Pesticides, Food Crops, Wheat, Pesticide Industry, Neem, Trade, Medical Research, Nuclear Wastes, Genetic Resources, Crop Biodiversity, Imports, Genetic Cloning, Patents, Legislation, France, Yugoslavia, European Union (EU)

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