BT brinjal

Bt maize, GM mustard, Bt cotton, Bt brinjal, GMO, genetic modification, Cry1Ac gene, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Jairam Ramesh, GM crops, evergreen revolution, food supply, GM agriculture, organic farming,

Why Bt Brinjal Is a Hit in Bangladesh

Arif Hossain 26/05/2019

Bangladeshi politicians, unlike their Indian counterparts, have defended the...

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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Should GM Crops Feature in the ‘Evergreen Revolution’ India Dearly Needs?

K. VijayRaghavan and M.S. Swaminathan 19/12/2018

K. VijayRaghavan, principal scientific adviser to the Government of...

A woman works in a field of mustard. Credit: Reuters

Time for India to Set up a Framework to Use Gene-Editing Tech in Its Farms

Shambhavi Naik 25/08/2018

If India classifies genetic editing as gene modification, we...