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People’s forum demands subsidy for Ecological Fertilization to ensure Food Security

Press release | August 28, 2009 at 13:29

CHITRADURGA, KARNATAKA, India — A multi stakeholder gathering comprising of farmers, farmer union representatives, government officials, civil groups, agricultural scientists and women self help group members today demanded the Central Government...

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All you wanted to know about organic farming

Feature story | August 25, 2004 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — Organic farming is an agricultural method that avoids chemical fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals. It makes use of crop rotation and other traditional methods to keep the soil fertile and the crops free of pests. It...

"Smart" breeding, where science and farmers' knowledge meet

Publication | October 28, 2014 at 17:25

GE crops are very limited in sophistication, being almost completely dominated by herbicide tolerance and insect resistance traits. Could the numerous tools of biotechnology deliver better outcomes? This report tries to answer that question.

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True stories of “TRUE STORIES OF FARMERS WHO HAVE SOWN BT COTTON”!

True stories of “TRUE STORIES OF FARMERS WHO HAVE SOWN BT COTTON”!

Feature story | September 18, 2005 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — Pied piper Monsanto is using every trick and tune to beguile poor farmers with its Bt serenade. First it decided to play God and tinker irresponsibly with genes. Now this smooth operator is working to ensure that it’s mutated...

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Children of Cotton Communities Poisoned by Pesticides - Public Hearing in Raichur, Karnataka

Children of Cotton Communities Poisoned by Pesticides - Public Hearing in Raichur,...

Feature story | November 20, 2004 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — Over 100 farmers, organic farming enthusiasts and development activists gathered to discuss the alarming findings of a nation wide Greenpeace study on the impact of pesticides on the development of children.

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Greenpeace reminds Finance Minister about the flaws in the fertilizer subsidy policy

Greenpeace reminds Finance Minister about the flaws in the fertilizer subsidy policy

Press release | July 27, 2009 at 17:47

NEW DELHI, India — While the Finance bill was getting passed in the Loksabha, Greenpeace activists staged a demonstration outside the Parliament to remind the Finance Minister that the new fertilizer subsidy reforms proposed in the budget cannot...

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’Pay heed to people’s demand now, stop GM food’, Greenpeace urges political parties as Germany bans Monsanto’s BT Corn

’Pay heed to people’s demand now, stop GM food’, Greenpeace urges political parties...

Press release | April 16, 2009 at 13:07

DELHI, India — Following the German government’s decision to ban Monsanto’s 810 BT Corn, Greenpeace India today urged all Indian political parties to take a similar pro-active stand against all GM food and pay heed to bio-safety concerns of...

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  • Greenpeace mocks Kapil..
Greenpeace mocks Kapil Sibal; says a nexus of policy makers and private companies pose serious threat to country’s bio-safety

Greenpeace mocks Kapil Sibal; says a nexus of policy makers and private companies...

Press release | April 21, 2008 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Activists wearing masks of Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister of Science and technology, distributed models of GE Brinjal near Technology Bhavan today. This was to highlight that the nexus between policy makers and private...

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Genetic contamination is here. Oh, and we have its postal address.

Genetic contamination is here. Oh, and we have its postal address.

Feature story | November 29, 2005 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — So, you thought genetic engineering is just something they carry out in a petri-dish under a microscope behind closed lab doors, right? Or it’s something that happens between humans and flies in shock-horror Hollywood flicks,...

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Greenpeace releases biohazard map of India; calls for ban on genetic engineering of food crops.

Greenpeace releases biohazard map of India; calls for ban on genetic engineering of...

Press release | November 29, 2005 at 14:07

BANGALORE, India — Greenpeace today unveiled the ‘biohazard hotspots map’ of India (1), that reveals the shocking scale of field trials of Genetically Engineered (GE) food crops in India in the backdrop of appalling evidence of the health impact...

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