AURANGABAD: Cotton farmers in Marathwada should explore options beyond Bt cotton seeds as the costs of cultivating the genetically modified variety were higher, but with no added productivity, prof
THE Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation, in collaboration with the Dutch government,has introduced a new Africa-wide market oriented seed programme that would enhance farmer’s access to quality seedli
A private seed company is preparing to market three genetically modified Bt brinjal seeds ignoring protests that there had been no biosafety tests of the transgenic crop.
Genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protecting Brazilian farmers from voracious tropical bugs, increasing costs as producers turn to pesticides, a farm group said on Monday.
Claims that genetically modified rice that has not been approved for sale in China is being supplied illegally in a number of provinces have triggered alarm.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on sale of sub standard seeds, 25/07/2014. One of the question asked was "whether Government is aware that in Madhya Pradesh the Seed Mafia in collusion with Beej Pramanikaran Sanstha is selling sub-standard seeds to other States especially in Maharashtra by using the tag of Beej Pramanikaran Sanstha."
Various trade unions and social organisations, including the RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), criticised the first Budget of the Narendra Modi Government.
