Bt Cotton cultivation in India: Some facts

There are attempts to attribute everything good with cotton cultivation to GM cotton and on those grounds, bring in other GM crops.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2008
Deccan Herald
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Cotton, GM Crops, India
Agriculture

Criticisms and improvements of strategies for the safety assessment of GM plant derived foods or feed

Experience in scientific committees for the assessment of environmental and health risks of GMOs, and in biological, biostatistical research and medicine, allowed us to review and criticize mammalian feeding trials with GMOs, and make new proposals.

Publication Date: 
08/02/2008
Gilles-Eric Seralini, Joel Spiroux de Vendomois, Dominique Cellier
ACCEDIT
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Animal Feed, GM Crops, Health Effects, Mammals, GMOs
India

 Supreme Court criticized for giving clearance to Bt Brinjal

There is no stopping the Bt brinjal trials now. The supreme court on December 10 refused to stay Mahyco's (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company's) ongoing trials in various parts of the country. Social

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Savvy Soumya Misra
Down to Earth
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Agricultural Research, Vegetables, Food Standards, Food Standard Authority, GM Crops, Trade, Exports, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Greenpeace, India, Delhi, Alipur
Industry

 More rules

The Indian Council of Medical Research along with Review Committee on Genetic Modification (RCGM) and Genetic Engineering Approval Committee is formulating protocols to assess the safety of food derived from genetically engineered crops. "The new set of protocols is aimed at the stage prior to the making of a GM seed.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
GM Crops, Food Safety, Genetic Engineering, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), United States Of America (US), India
Climate Change

 New Zealand clears GM corn

Lysine corn, a genetically modified version designed by Monsanto as animal feed, can now be legally imported and sold in New Zealand. The Food Safety Authority says it is satisfied with tests

Publication Date: 
14/01/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Animal Feed, GM Crops, Trade, Food Safety, Food Safety Authority (FDA), Imports, New Zealand
Climate Change

Could new GM crops please the greens?

Farming contributes more to global warming than all the world's cars, trains, ships and planes put together. And the single biggest problem with farming is not carbon but nitrogen. From the maize fields of Kansas to the emerald rice paddies of China, today's bountiful harvests depend on generous applications of nitrogen fertiliser. Although only a tiny proportion escapes into the atmosphere as nitrous oxide, it is an extremely potent greenhouse gas. It's a vexing problem, but Eric Rey believes he has some of the answers, in the form of crops genetically modified to require less fertiliser.

Publication Date: 
05/01/2008
Peter Aldhous
New Scientist
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Environment, Agricultural Research, Plant Breeding, GM Crops, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Mitigation, China, Europe, Soil Capability
Agriculture

Testing the new GM generation

More than a decade after the first commercial plantings of genetically modified crops, the same old disagreement rumbles on. On one side stand agribiotech companies, arguing that crops engineered to produce insecticidal proteins or resist herbicides boost yields in an environmentally friendly way. Opposing them are advocacy groups who charge that these crops, or the farming practices they encourage, threaten biodiversity. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
05/01/2008
New Scientist
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Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Plant Breeding, GM Crops, Europe
Agriculture

Cotton contaminated?

A recent FAO study report sums up that the flow of transgenes from plants derived from recombinant DNA techniques has specific or special impacts on biology, ecology, agriculture, society and culture. In the case of India and Bt Cotton, it is an established and known fact that commercial cotton produce of GM and non-GM is mixed up right from the farmer

Publication Date: 
01/01/2008
Kavitha Kuruganti, Ramanjaneyulu G V, Jayaram Killi
Centre for Sustainable Agriculture
Tags:
Agriculture, Seeds, Cotton, GM Crops, GMOs, India, Bt Cotton
Agriculture

Who benefits from gm crops?: the rise in pesticide use

Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2008
Juan Lopez Villar, Bill Freese
Friends of the Earth International
Tags:
Pesticides, Weeds, Soyabean, Cotton, GM Crops, Herbicide, Biotechnology, South Africa, China, Europe, South America, India
Agriculture

Who benefits from gm crops?: the rise in pesticide use

Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world. Unfortunately, journalists often report such claims as fact, without first subjecting them to critical scrutiny.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2008
& et al, Nicky Stocks, Kirtana Chandrasekaran, Clare Oxborrow
Friends of the Earth International
Tags:
Seeds, Pesticides, Weeds, Soyabean, Cotton, GM Crops, Pesticides And Toxins, Herbicide, Europe, United States Of America (US), Australia, South America, India, Crops

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