Agriculture

A man covers his face with a handkerchief as he walks in a park on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, November 9, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Delhi Smog: Entrepreneurs Offer Hope With Technologies to Reuse Crop Biomass

Nupur Roopa 19/01/2019

If farmers can earn an income from selling crop...

Bt cotton, Monsanto, Nuziveedu Seeds, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bt toxins, transgene, PPVFR Act, Patents Act 1970, sui generis, TRIPS Agreement, bollworm, patentability,

Supreme Court’s Monsanto Ruling Overlooks Need to Protect Farmers’ Rights

Kumar Karan and Mehak Sachdeva 11/01/2019

By allowing Monsanto its patent under the Patents Act...

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Fighting Against Climate Vagaries, Bengal Farmers Practice Conservation

Hiren Kumar Bose 08/01/2019

Going against the general preference for HYV rice, some...

Monsanto, bollworm pest, Bt cotton, TRIPS Agreement, plant breeding, agritech, Supreme Court of India, Delhi high court, crop biotechnology, Nuziveedu, Indian seed companies, Cry2Ab gene, Helicoverpa armigera, Bacillus thuringiensis, GM mustard, Bt brinjal, PPVFR Act 2001, Patents Act 1970s, Rohinton Nariman,

Backgrounder: The Laws Surrounding Monsanto’s Claim to the Bt Cotton Patent

Kumar Karan and Mehak Sachdeva 08/01/2019

How can a company own a patent over genetically...

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Supreme Court Backs US Seed Maker Monsanto on GM Cotton Payments

Reuters 08/01/2019

The outcome is positive for foreign agricultural companies such...

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Climate Change Harming Agriculture, India’s Wheat Production Could Fall By 23%: Ministry

Dheeraj Mishra 04/01/2019

In the absence of effective and timely intervention, the...

solar panels, solar energy, MNRE, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, COP24, Katowice, Poland, INDC, Paris Agreement,

Govt Plans to Increase Height of Solar Panels so Farming Can Continue Below

Karthikeyan Hemalatha 01/01/2019

If India is to generate 100 GW of solar...