In 2013, India’s former Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar accused US companies of derailing the nation’s oilseeds production programme. Similar claims had been made before. For … Indian Food and Agriculture Under AttackRead more
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Monsanto and the Mustard Seed
India–In July 1998, protests erupted across India when the government announced plans to import 1 million tons of US soybeans to be used as oil … Monsanto and the Mustard SeedRead more
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Urban farming is booming, but what does it really yield?
Midway through spring, the nearly bare planting beds of Carolyn Leadley’s Rising Pheasant Farms, in the Poletown neighborhood of Detroit, barely foreshadow the cornucopian abundance … Urban farming is booming, but what does it really yield?Read more
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Syngenta and the Chinese Factor
Monsanto, the US-based biotech and agribusiness colossus, is seeking a merger with its European competitor Syngenta. Such a transaction would create a gargantuan corporation that … Syngenta and the Chinese FactorRead more
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False Claims and Flawed Conclusions Being Used to Push GM Crops into India
Writing in India’s Deccan Herald newspaper on 26 January 2016, Kalyan Ray places great store in a flawed year-old British Parliament document to promote a … False Claims and Flawed Conclusions Being Used to Push GM Crops into IndiaRead more
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Thorough debate on GM crops is need of hour
As the Central government prepares to battle a contempt notice in the Supreme Court on the purported trials of genetically modified (GM) mustard, a year-old … Thorough debate on GM crops is need of hourRead more
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US Workers Sue Monsanto
United States farm workers are suing Monsanto. The two lawsuits have been filed on the basis that Monsanto’s herbicide, Roundup, has caused their cancers and … US Workers Sue MonsantoRead more
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New Study Finds Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Has Gone Wild
A recent study by USDA scientists shows that genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa has gone wild, in a big way, in alfalfa-growing parts of the West. … New Study Finds Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Has Gone WildRead more