Renuka Bisht

In a setback for genetically engineered cotton, Monsanto, innovator of the strain, confirmed what sceptics had said might well happen, that the pests it was supposed to resist better than natural cotton would also innovate.

Priscilla Jebaraj

Firm asks farmers to switch to its second-generation product to delay resistance further

Pink bollworm resistant to pest-killing protein of Bt cotton in four districts

Monsanto's advice ridiculous, say scientists

New Delhi: In what is bound to strengthen environment minister Jairam Ramesh

HOW CAN A LOWLY VEGETABLE BE AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY? IS THERE A FOREIGN HAND IN YOUR BELLY? SHOMA CHAUDHURY LAYS BARE THE COMPLEX STORY OF Bt BRINJAL AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU

AP GM can have some remarkable effects

HUNDREDS of farmers in long, faded cotton sarongs swarmed outside an auditorium at Bangalore University on February 6th. They were waiting for India

The research isn't unequivocal and hasn't been publicly-funded either - given the concerns, it's not worth the risk
Sunita Narain / New Delhi February 12, 2010, 0:40 IST

The Ministry of Law and Justice has given a green signal to the government to sign a deal with Monsanto, a US-based agriculture firm, to introduce certified Bt Cotton seed for enhancing cotton production.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A memorandum of understanding would be signed with an American seed company Monsanto in February, paving way for supply of certified bio-tech (BT) cotton seeds in the country, minister for food and agriculture Nazar Mohammad Gondal said here on Thursday.

He was presiding over a meeting of all stakeholders before signing the deal with the seed company.

The meeting was atten

Trait fee charged ranges from 15%-25% of MRP.

The technology fee varied depending on the maximum retail price, the gene construct and also the region.

Harish Damodaran

Monsanto will gross roughly Rs 340 crore from licensing its proprietary Bollgard (BG) gene traits to Bt cotton hybrid seed firms in India this fiscal.