Agriculture

Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2016

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its annual report showcasing the 110-fold increase in adoption rate of biotech crops globally in just 21 years of commercialization – growing from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to 185.1 million hectares in 2016.

Publication Date: 
04/05/2017
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Tags:
GM Crops, Biotechnology, Agriculture, India, Global, Bt Cotton, Bt Brinjal, Biosafety
Agriculture

Uganda: Pressure to Pass GMO Bill Gains Momentum

Will it, will it not?

Publication Date: 
30/03/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Agriculture, GM Crops, GMOs, Biosafety, Uganda, Legislation, Genetic Engineering, Africa
Agriculture

Judgement of the High Court of Delhi regarding Nuziveedu Seeds Limited continuing to sell GM cotton seeds in spite of termination of agreement with Mahyco Monsanto Biotech, 28/03/2017

Judgement of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Monsanto Technology LLC & Others Vs Nuziveedu Seeds Limited & Others dated 28/03/2017 regarding Nuziveedu Seeds Limited continuing to “market and sell” Genetically Modified Hybrid Cotton Planting Seeds inspite of termination of the sub-license agreements and use of trademarks BOLLGARD and BOLLGARD II.

Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of Monsanto Technology and said that Nuziveedu Seeds Limited are entitled to all the rights under the 2015 Sub License Agreements except as to the rate of trait fee payable thereunder.

Judgement Date: 
28/03/2017
Tags:
GM Crops, Bt Cotton, High Court, Patents, Monsanto, Seeds, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Agriculture

Kenya GMO Corn Trials Said to Face Obstacle Over Import Ban

Kenya is withholding approval for field trials of genetically-modified corn because some officials argue that a ban on GMO imports applies to controlled growing tests as well, according to a person

Publication Date: 
03/03/2017
Bloomberg
Tags:
Agriculture, GM Crops, Maize, Kenya, Genetic Engineering, Biosafety, Africa, Imports
Agriculture

State of agriculture in India

Agricultural productivity depends on several factors. These include the availability and quality of agricultural inputs such as land, water, seeds and fertilizers, access to agricultural credit and crop insurance, assurance of remunerative prices for agricultural produce, and storage and marketing infrastructure, among others.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2017
PRS Legislative Research (PRS)
Tags:
Agriculture, India, Development, GDP, Food Security, Nutrition, Trade, Crop Insurance, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Irrigation, Chemical Fertilisers, Subsidies, GM Crops, Pesticide Use, Post Harvest Losses, Statistics
Agriculture

A critique on the paper ‘Agricultural biotechnology and crop productivity: macro-level evidences on contribution of Bt cotton in India’

This paper is a critique of Srivastava and Kolady1 who reported a macro analysis of the benefits of Bt cotton in India using state wide average data. The analysis is in error with respect to the economic benefits, biological underpinnings, and the effects of Bt cotton technology adoption on resource-poor farmers growing rain fed cotton. Viable non GMO high density cotton alternatives that increase yields, reduce cost of production, and give higher net average returns were ignored. The authors argue for biotechnology adoption in other crops in India without providing data or analysis.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2017
Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Luigi Ponti, Johann Baumgartner
Current Science
112
4
690-693
Tags:
Agriculture, Biotechnology, Bt Cotton, India, Farmers, GM Crops, Plant Breeding
Agriculture

Resistance to cotton leaf curl disease in transgenic tobacco expressing βC1 gene derived intron-hairpin RNA

RNA silencing is an adaptive, inducible antiviral defence mechanism in the host against invading viruses. The adaptive antiviral function is characterized by the formation of virus-derived small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) during viral infection. As a counter defense strategy, a number of plant viruses evolve viral suppressors to target antiviral silencing.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2017
Sadia Akhtar, Mohd Akmal, Jawaid A Khan
Indian Journal of Biotechnology
16
1
56-62
Tags:
Agriculture, Tobacco, Plant Diseases, Agricultural Research, GM Crops
Agriculture

Transgenic crops: hazards and uncertainties

New review from Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development highlights hazards and uncertainties of GM crops. The Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) has published an important new book: “Transgenic crops hazards and uncertainties: More than 750 studies disregarded by the GMOs regulatory bodies”.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2017
Gilles Ferment, Leonardo Melgarejo, Gabriel Bianconi Fernandes, José Maria Ferraz
Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development
Tags:
GM Crops, GMOs, Agriculture, Bt Cotton, India, Global, Biotechnology, Pesticide Use, Environment, Toxins, Health Effects
Agriculture

Herbicide resistant crops: the truth about the world’s most widely grown engineered plants

In the article Herbicide Resistant Crops: The Truth About the World’s Most Widely Grown Engineered Plants, debunks the agrochemical industry’s claims that genetically modified (GM) crops are the solution to world hunger and malnutrition.

Publication Date: 
07/12/2016
Bill Freese
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP)
Tags:
GM Crops, Herbicide, Health Effects, Environment, Biotechnology, Pesticides, India, Global
Agriculture

Innovative farming and forestry across the emerging world: the role of genetically modified crops and trees

This book makes the “business case” for the role of biotechnology innovations for sustainable development in emerging and developing economies. It seeks to support the factual debate on biosciences and technology for developing and emerging economies.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2016
Sylvie De Buck, Ivan Ingelbrecht, Marc Heijde, Marc Van Montagu
International Industrial Biotechnology Network (IIBN)
Tags:
GM Crops, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Bt Cotton, Forests, Biomass, India, Global, Industry

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