Alliance for Agri Innovation Archives

Gene editing: The next gen plant breeding tool for breeders

Gene editing will increase pace for developing high yielding, stress resilient, sustainable and nutritive varieties in multiple crops in the next decade or so, positively impacting food security in a sustainable manner, writes Dr Ratna Kumria and Dr Shivendra Bajaj

Agri Research / Opinion

To Bt or not to Bt – does this question persist anymore?

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 - by Dr. Shivendra Bajaj - Leave a Comment

Bt cotton in India and Bt Brinjal in Bangladesh experience that the benefits of “To Bt” choice by far are preferable to the losses of “Not to Bt”, Dr Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI) writes

Agri Research / Policy

Alliance for Agri Innovation urges government to allow Bt Brinjal trials

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 - by Agriculture Post - Leave a Comment

The current Bt Brinjal which is going for field trials, were approved by Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) in May 2020, was developed by the ICAR-National Institute of Plant Biotechnology