ON the surface, it was a typical fortnight in India's debate on genetically modified (gm) crops. Right after the International Rice Congress in Delhi promoted the benefits of transgenic rice, a plot of Bt rice was burnt in Haryana amid biosafety fears, and a complaint was registered in eastern Uttar Pradesh (see box: Nailing GM). Burning of trial gm crops is not new in India, be it activists burning
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/activists-exporters-protest-bt-rice-trials-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sourav-mishra
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-research
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gm-crops
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
