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First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

'Government will crack down on artificial fertiliser scarcity'

In a bid to check misuse of funds and monitor progress of ongoing development works in the Agriculture Department, tech-savvy Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has decided to use satellite imagery to ascertain that development projects are physically ... [Published New Indian Express - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Fertilizer, Agriculture, Gulbarga

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Common Market For Eastern and Southern Africa

Potential Economic Benefits of Adopting Bt Cotton in Selected COMESA Countries

Researchers from the University of Nairobi, ISAAA AfriCenter, and Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) conducted a study to estimate the potential economic benefits of adopting Bt cotton in selected ... [Published CropBiotech Update - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Bt Cotton, Comesa, ISAAA, Common Market For Eastern and Southern Africa, University of Nairobi

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 reports

Unapproved Bt cotton seeds sold in Vidarbha

Illegal sale of the latest variant causes panic among farmers in the region, activists across India. ... [Published Edit Hot - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Bt Cotton, Illegal, India

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 4 reports

‘We have an open mind on GM crops’

Minister of State for Agriculture Krishna Byre Gowda has said that the department has an open mind on genetically modified (GM) crops, and it is left to farmers to make informed choices.He told presspersons here on Tuesday that Bt cotton, first introduced ... [Published The Hindu - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Genetically Modified Crops, Bt Cotton, Krishna Byre Gowda, Genetically Modified

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Pro-GM minister's daughter on BRAI panel

NOTE: Sharad Pawar is India's notoriously pro-GM agriculture minister - see item 2 - and no stranger to political controversies, including ones involving his own family.Pawar's avidly pro-GM stance is despite his powerbase being in Maharashtra where Bt ... [Published GMWatch.org - May 20 2013]

Entities: Genetically Modified Crops, Supriya Sule, Agriculture

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Commentary: GMOs: How do I hate thee?

You know something’s arrived as an “issue” of substance when it has its own Top Ten list. With all the opponents—irrational and otherwise—that the science of genetic engineering has generated, the only question about a Top Ten Reasons to Hate Biotech ... [Published CattleNetwork.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Genetically Modified Foods, Genetically Modified Crops, Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology, Pesticide

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Apex body stays transgenic trials

The Association of Biotech-Led Enterprises - Agriculture Group (ABLE AG) - the industry body representing agri-biotechnology companies, has sought action from the Minister of Environment & Forest Jayanthi Natarajan and the Genetic Engineering Appraisal ... [Published New Indian Express - May 19 2013]

Entities: Transgenic, Bt Cotton, Genetically Modified Crops

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bitter Seeds

In India, a man sleeping on a mat on the floor stirs, woken up by his wife’s bustling morning activities. Just like you or I, he tosses and turns, yearning for another few minutes of sleep. Yet his mind is overflowing with worries, and matters of life ... [Published Alternatives Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: India, Cotton, Genetically Modified

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Farmers in developing countries yield more biotech crops in 2012

Written by Angelica A. de Leon, S & T Media Service, DOST-STIIDeveloping countries in 2012 marked a biotechnology milestone in global agricultural history when farmers in said countries, including the Philippines, produced more biotech crops than their ... [Published Philippine Department of Science and Technology - May 16 2013]

Entities: Biotechnology, Bt Cotton, Philippines

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

GM cotton protects insect predators

Editor's summary Transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have proved effective in controlling bollworm and reducing the need for pesticides in cotton crops in China. This study of Bt crop performance ... [Published SeekerBlog - May 16 2013]

Entities: Predation, Insect, Cotton

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

He's the pioneer of Bt cotton in India

Every morning, Vijay Atmaram Ingle thanks his stars for having agreed to conduct the first Bt cotton trials in India in 1997-98. ... [Published Times of India - May 15 2013]

Entities: Bt Cotton, India

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Farmers flocking to GM crops

After scientists, farmers in India, China and the Philippines have given the thumbs up to Bt cotton and Bt corn. ... [Published Times of India - May 15 2013]

Entities: Genetically Modified Crops, Bt Cotton, Corn, Philippines

Quotes

...here on Tuesday that Bt cotton, first introduced in the State in the late 1990s, had helped farmers improve yields in an eco-friendly manner. "Nearly 90 per cent of farmers in the State are using Bt cotton seeds" he said. "We must keep our minds open," Mr. Byre Gowda said when asked to spell out the government's stand on GM crops

‘We have an open mind on GM crops’ [Published The Hindu - 14 hours ago]

...He said the new government is in favour of organic farming and it has earmarked ` "300 crore for promoting organic farming. “There are charges of misuse of funds. I will prevail upon the Chief Minister to order a probe into the misappropriation of funds.” The government is examining a proposal to merge the Watershed Department with the Agriculture Department, he said."

'Government will crack down on artificial fertiliser scarcity' [Published New Indian Express - 16 hours ago]

...of State for Agriculture with independent charge in the Siddaramaiah-led Congress ministry, made it clear that the agriculture department had "an open mind on the issue of GM crops” and declared that it was left to farmers to make informed choices."

B'lore: Krishna Byre Gowda has 'open mind' on GM crops [Published Daijiworldcom - May 21 2013]

Sharad Pawar's nephew, Ajit Pawar, had to resign as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister "following allegations of an irrigation scam when he was state's water resource minister." It has even been alleged that one of the brands of Bt cotton seeds on sale in Maharashtra - "Ajit Bt" - is actually owned by Ajit Pawar

Pro-GM minister's daughter on BRAI panel [Published GMWatch.org - May 20 2013]

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Potential Economic Benefits of Adopting Bt Cott... [Published CropBiotech Update - 10 hours ago]
Unapproved Bt cotton seeds sold in Vidarbha [Published Edit Hot - 13 hours ago]
‘We have an open mind on GM crops’ [Published The Hindu - 14 hours ago]
Unapproved Bt cotton seeds sold in Vidarbha [Published DNA India - 14 hours ago]
'Government will crack down on artificial ferti... [Published New Indian Express - 16 hours ago]
B'lore: Krishna Byre Gowda has 'open mind' on G... [Published Daijiworldcom - May 21 2013]
Karnataka govt has open mind on GM crops [Published Economic Times - May 21 2013]
Karnataka govt has open mind on GM crops [Published Press Trust of India - May 21 2013]
Pro-GM minister's daughter on BRAI panel [Published GMWatch.org - May 20 2013]
Commentary: GMOs: How do I hate thee? [Published CattleNetwork.com - May 20 2013]
Apex body stays transgenic trials [Published New Indian Express - May 19 2013]
Bitter Seeds [Published Alternatives Journal - May 17 2013]
Farmers in developing countries yield more biot... [Published Philippine Department of Science and Technology - May 16 2013]
3 Vidarbha farmers end lives as CM Prithviraj C... [Published DNA India - May 16 2013]
3 farmers end lives as CM applies Rs 2,000crore... [Published DNA India - May 16 2013]
GM cotton protects insect predators [Published SeekerBlog - May 16 2013]
He's the pioneer of Bt cotton in India [Published Times of India - May 15 2013]
Farmers flocking to GM crops [Published Times of India - May 15 2013]
We need to get out of the Bt trap [Published GMWatch.org - May 15 2013]
Is Uganda missing out on the global market for ... [Published Uganda Daily Monitor - May 14 2013]
Paraguay may allow growing of Bt cotton by June... [Published Birmingham Star - May 14 2013]
Cotton industry responds to loss of DPL 555 wit... [Published Southeast Farm Press - May 14 2013]
The GMO question what is the truth? [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 14 2013]
Paraguay may allow growing of Bt cotton by June... [Published Fibre 2 Fashion - May 14 2013]
M'rashtra farm widows, activists to oppose GM c... [Published Deccan Herald - May 12 2013]
Fresh breath on biotech at last? [Published IPP Media - May 12 2013]
Cotton could bloom on Chinese demand [Published Hindu Business Line - May 11 2013]
Maharashtra government should come clean on GM ... [Published Meri News - May 11 2013]
Where Have All of India's Farmers Gone? [Published Asia Sentinel - May 10 2013]
Tanzania plans to grow Bt cotton by 2020 [Published Birmingham Star - May 09 2013]

Blogs

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Potential Economic Benefits of Adopting Bt Cott... [Published CropBiotech Update - 10 hours ago] Researchers from the University of Nairobi, ISAAA AfriCenter, and Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) conducted a study to estimate the potential economic benefits of adopting Bt cotton in selected ...
GM cotton protects insect predators [Published SeekerBlog - May 16 2013] Editor's summary Transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have proved effective in controlling bollworm and reducing the need for pesticides in cotton crops in China. This study of Bt crop performance ...
Effects of Bt Cotton Protein on Biological Para... [Published CropBiotech Update - May 02 2013] Scientists at Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), Brazil, conducted a study to assess the effect of Cry1AC protein expressed in Bt cotton NuPal on cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii), a non-target pest. They also aimed to evaluate the influence ...
More Mark Lynas: stop the cruelty of anti-GMO a... [Published SeekerBlog - Apr 30 2013] More from Mark's Cornell speech : (…) And real-world evidence so far gives grounds for optimism. The use of Bt cotton in China has been shown to dramatically improve biodiversity, unlike broad-spectrum insecticides which kill everything, pests and ...
Bt Cotton Helps Burkina Faso Fetches Over US$1 ... [Published GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - Apr 13 2013] !--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]-->Burkina Faso fetched over US$1 billion from the sale of cotton last year. According to Reuters, the country’s output for the year was 630,000 tonnes; at prevailing prices this translates to US$1.2 billion.The country’s ...

Press Releases

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Ken Research: India Seed Industry Outlook to FY... [Published Business Wire - May 08 2013]