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Addressing challenges and ensuring responsible stewardship of the technology will be essential for sustaining Bt-cotton’s benefits and promoting the long-term viability of cotton farming in India
Experts call for continued biotech interventions to harness the full potential of GM cotton in India Read More
GM mustard would help increase the yield of mustard crops which in turn would increase the edible oil availability in India and decrease the dependency on edible oil imports up to a certain extent, Major Rajiv Yadav writes…
Why adoption of GM mustard is necessary for India? Read More
A visit to the cotton fields explains not only the main pain points of the growers but also the interventions that are giving positive outcomes in terms of preventing loss due to pest attacks. BK Jha from Damera village, Telangana reports
Preventing Cotton from Pink Bollworm: A Tale of Telangana Read More
GEAC has approved the commercial cultivation of GM mustard in October. Dr Shivendra Bajaj, Executive Director, FSII writes on its positive impact on India’s edible oil production, resulting in curbing imports
GEAC approval to GM mustard paves way for transformation of Indian agriculture Read More
Bt cotton is the only GM crop India has approved for commercial cultivation. ICAR has done feeding studies of Bt cotton on various animals which were found to be safe
GEAC clearance mandatory for environmental release of GM crops, Centre reiterates Read More
The field experiment laid out over 300 acres of cotton fields with the structured tagging of PBKnot thread under the guidance of experts from SABC, Agrovision Foundation and ICAR-CICR
India conducts largest field experiment of ‘mating disruption’ technology to combat pink bollworm in cotton Read More
SABC and Agrovision Foundation have launched ‘Project Bandhan’ to embrace cutting-edge innovation by tagging PB Knot to protect the cotton plant from devastating Pink Bollworm
Project Bandhan: Protecting cotton production from Pink Bollworm Read More
Indian Council of Agricultural Research has conducted long term studies on the impact of Bt cotton which did not show any adverse effect on soil, microflora and animal health
What’s the latest from the Govt. on cultivation of GM Crops? Read More
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
To Bt or not to Bt – does this question persist anymore? Read More
The first genetically modified crop was commercialised in 1996 and the initial planting was done in only 1.7 million hectares
Alliance for Agri Innovation marks silver jubilee of GM crops Read More