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Monsanto Protection Act’ adopted in the US

Blog entry by Éric Darier | March 29, 2013

Imagine a democratic government adopting legislation that would instruct its own Agriculture Department ‘to ignore any judicial rulings that block the planting of crops that the court determines to be illegal’ (according to Senator...

Scientific evidence says GM crops are risky. Is anyone listening?

Blog entry by Rajesh Krishnan | March 28, 2013

Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner with the message ‘Say NO to GM, YES to Food Security’, along with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s picture, at the FCI godown in Delhi. “So is there any scientific evidence on the negative...

Genetic Modification: not the route to food security

Blog entry by Neha Saigal | February 20, 2013

Hunger and malnutrition is an issue that governments around the world are grappling with and its manifestations can be felt more severely in the developing and under-developed nations. India is no different in this regard; we stand way...

GM corn: a looming threat to our food and farming

Blog entry by Shivani Shah | February 8, 2013

Monsanto's Bt corn is the new Bt brinjal. No, it is not up for approval to be authorised for the market. Yet it has reached the stage of large-scale open field trials at six locations across the country from early 2010 until late 2012.

Food sovereignty, GMOs and the BRAI bill

Blog entry by Ananya Mehta | August 22, 2013

Understanding the history of GM crops in India, why the BRAI (The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India) Bill fails and its current status and petition. Various organisations including Greenpeace India launched a...

The Government’s agenda to promote GM crops will be pernicious for India

Blog entry by Aruna Rodrigues | August 19, 2013

Agendas, of course, are immune from science or to facts A protest on August 8, 2013 in Delhi against the BRAI bill and Monsanto. © Karan Vaid/Greenpeace The final report of the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert...

India's BRAI Bill will allow GM companies to tamper with food, health and environment

Blog entry by Devinder Sharma | August 6, 2013

In March, US President Barack Obama signed the HR 933 continuing resolution -- popularly called 'Monsanto Protection Act'—that effectively divests the federal courts of their constitutional power to stop the planting or sale of...

Crop circles across the country say no to GM food and the BRAI bill

Blog entry by Bibin Chandran | June 17, 2013

The controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on April 22, 2013 by Mr Jaipal Reddy, Minister, Science and Technology. If passed, the BRAI bill which primarily promotes...

The romance of local food

Blog entry by Bipasha Majumder | March 19, 2013

A village house in the desert district of Barmer, Rajasthan.  Photo: © Bipasha Majumder It was a chilly winter day and we were in a village close to the Pakistan border in the desert district of Barmer, Rajasthan. After a hectic...

Monsanto and the banality of evil

Blog entry by David Seaton | March 4, 2013

My great uncle was one of the original chemists of Monsanto. The boss had no money for the payroll and he paid them in shares. My great aunt had to work in a sweatshop for two years so that they could eat. They all ended up rich. In...

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