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Effects on health and environment of transgenic (or GM) Bt brinjal

Publication | April 17, 2009 at 17:00

A report by Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini, University of Caen France, shows the danger genetically modified Bt brinjal poses to the environment and our health.

Rajasthan farmers demand support for ecological farming practices in the upcoming...

Press release | November 16, 2009 at 18:51

Farmers, agricultural scientists, civil society representatives from different parts of Rajasthan came together today in Udaipur to discuss on the topic of ‘National fertiliser subsidy policy reforms-What is in it for Rajasthan?’ This public...

Farmers and youth from Vidarbha demand Energy Justice

Press release | November 19, 2009 at 15:19

NEW DELHI, India — On the eve of the winter parliament session, more than 100 farmers and young people representing all eleven districts in Vidarbha, held a protest at the doorstep of the Ministry of Social Justice to highlight the injustice of...

Threatening levels of Chemical fertilisers in Punjab groundwater: Greenpeace study

Press release | November 26, 2009 at 13:00

BHATINDA, PUNJAB, India — Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the medical fraternity today raised concern over the discovery of high levels of nitrate contamination of drinking water based on a Greenpeace study. The study, ‘Chemical fertilisers...

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Farmers Scientists and Consumers says No to Bt Brinjal

Press release | January 27, 2010 at 12:44

CHANDIGARH, India — Farmers Unions, Scientists and Consumer groups came together to say a firm No to Bt Brinjal. This was at a press conference organised by the GM free India Coalition at the Press Club today. This was in anticipation of the...

Moratorium on Bt Brinjal, not a long-term solution!

Press release | February 9, 2010 at 5:30

Greenpeace welcomes the minister’s decision not to allow Bt brinjal to contaminate Indian agriculture.

Greenpeace urges Union Finance Minister to invest in organic fertilizers while...

Press release | February 18, 2010 at 15:39

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace India today urged the Union Finance Minister to invest in organic fertilizers while implementing the newly proposed Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) system. The demand is made on the basis of the recommendations from the...

The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India bill to be tabled

Press release | March 1, 2010 at 11:38

The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India [BRAI] bill is to be tabled in the ongoing Budget session of the parliament. Responding to the content of the draft bill Jai Krishna, Sustainable Agriculture campaigner, Greenpeace said “It’s...

Citizens uphold their right to know about and reject GM foods

Press release | April 16, 2010 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — An overwhelming majority – 89 per cent – of people say that they have the right to reject genetically modified foods (GM foods), revealed a citizens’ opinion poll released today by Greenpeace. The poll on genetically modified...

Citizens demand arrest of Minister Prithiviraj Chavan, demand BRAI bil be withdrawn

Press release | April 20, 2010 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — The Minister for Science and Technology, Prithviraj Chavan was demanded to be arrested for establishing the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) today at the Anusandhan Bhavan Premises today. The group of...

Organic farming gives Indian farmers greater financial security

Press release | June 15, 2010 at 5:30

HYDERABAD, India — A Greenpeace report released today said the monetary benefits of organic cotton farming are much greater than using the Genetically Engineered variety that makes farmers more vulnerable to financial collapse due to high debts...

Greenpeace India launches “Living Soils” campaign; call to save soils from harmful...

Press release | August 3, 2010 at 18:01

Guwahati, India — Greenpeace India today launched “Living Soils”, a nationwide campaign with a call to implement Government policies to save soils from the harmful impacts of chemical fertilizers. This campaign assumes significance in the context...

Cabinet approval of BRAI bill 2010- a blow to the public vote against Bt Brinjal

Press release | August 17, 2010 at 17:33

Greenpeace today condemned the UPA Cabinet approval to Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill 2010 and appealed to all political parties to oppose it from being tabled and passed in Parliament .

Greenpeace releases Safe Food Guide version 2.0 Greenpeace releases Safe Food Guide...

Press release | September 2, 2010 at 20:36

Greenpeace today released the Safe Food Guide version 2.0 that ranks 25 of the most popular food companies which hold a major share of the market in India. Based on their responsibility towards Indian consumer on the GM food issue, the Guide...

North east demands Central Government for an umbrella policy to subsidize ecological...

Press release | September 6, 2010 at 20:54

Government officials, civil society representatives, Academicians and farmer representatives from North eastern States today urged the Central Government to create an umbrella policy to subsidize and support ecological fertilization in...

Sustainable Agriculture

Hub | September 22, 2010 at 12:44

Ecological farming is the answer to the problems being faced by agriculture in our country today. It will also keep agriculture sustainable. This form of agriculture conserves our soil and water resources, protects our climate, enhances...

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Dewas Farmers to organize first of its kind Public Hearing in Madhya Pradesh to save...

Press release | October 5, 2010 at 17:38

Farmers of Bagli tehsil of Dewas district will organize first of its kind Public Hearing to save soils from harmful impacts of Chemical Fertilizers. The Public hearing, scheduled for 8th October 2010 in Pandutalab Village will review the major...

Secret GM rice field busted. Is our food safe?

Blog entry by Jai Krishna | November 19, 2010

Dr. Venkata Reddy is a physician and serves in a hospital in Doddaballapur near Bangalore. He is also proud to practice his family profession, agriculture.  Being a farmer and physician he probably knows the culprit behind the endless...

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What's in there? They won't tell us

Blog entry by Shivani Shah | February 2, 2011

“I am not the right person to talk about the subject. I am not competent to speak on the subject,” insisted a core member of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) when I questioned him on his stance on labelling...

India's soil health needs urgent attention

Press release | February 3, 2011 at 16:00

New Delhi, Feb 3, 2011: Releasing the report of the first-ever social audit of soil health and support systems in India titled, Of Soils, Subsidies and Survival, Greenpeace today said the state of country’s soil health needs urgent attention to...

A celebration of soils

Blog entry by Gopi Krishna | February 7, 2011

Indiscriminate use of chemi cal fertilizers over several decades has been sucking life out of Indian soils, and thereby putting the country’s food security at stake. But the government has continued to mindlessly promote chemical...

Reviving the soil

Blog entry by Rahul Kumar. Picture: © Greenpeace / Yogesh Kumar | February 15, 2011

“It is a crime that is staring us in the face.” Anusha Rizvi, director of the film Peepli Live. Rizvi said these words at the launch of the Greenpeace report, Of Soils, Subsidies and Survival, in Delhi on February 3, 2011,...

हरित खाद को बढ़ावा देने से सुधरेगी माटी की सेहत

Blog entry by डा.सीमा जावेद. Photo: © Greenpeace/Yogesh Kumar | February 16, 2011

निर्देशिका   अनुषा   रिजवी   के साथ कुछ पल जानी मानी फिल्‍म निर्देशिका अनुषा रिजवी ने पीपली लाइव बनाने के दौरान एक लम्‍बा समय खेत खलिहानों में बिताया। इस बीच उन्‍हें किसानों के सुख-दुख को बहुत करीब से देखने और उनकी...

Art for a living soil

Blog entry by Usha Saxena | February 24, 2011

The sweet fragrance of the soil after the rains, the lively brown-ness of recently ploughed fields, the pleasant crunch of grit as you bite into sweet carrots and mooli , the glistening sweat on the farmer's brow, the feel of wet soil...

They are talking soils

Blog entry by Gopikrishna S R | March 17, 2011

Finally, there is attention on soils. The Finance Minister tried to give it some importance during his budget speech. A day after the budget speech, a few concerned parliamentarians quizzed the Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar,...

बजट सत्र में सार्थक पहल, अभी लम्बा् है सफर

Blog entry by डा. सीमा जावेद | March 18, 2011

अगर हम एक तरफ जनवरी 2011 में हुए बजट पूर्व परामर्श और ग्रीनपीस की जीवित माटी अभियान के लगातार प्रयासों के नतीजों पर नज़र डालें तो इनसे बदलाव की एक सार्थक पहल साफ दिखायी दे रही है। हालांकि अभी लम्‍बा सफर बाकी है। इस बार बजट सत्र में...

Where there is a wrong will there will be a wrong bill

Blog entry by Kapil Mishra | April 13, 2011

Anna Hazare’s fight for the Jan Lokpal bill was supported by the entire country. Even then, the government took four days to concede to his demands. Thanks to the movement we know what the Jan Lokpal bill is and what it could have been...

Bt brinjal expert committee=foxes guarding the chicken coop

Blog entry by Kapil Mishra | April 29, 2011

When the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) expert group members met on Wednesday, April 27th, to discuss Bt brinjal, they were shocked to see Greenpeace activists standing right next to their meeting room with a "We Say No...

Let’s plan for “Living Soils”

Blog entry by Gopikrishna SR | May 9, 2011

It is planning time again. The Planning Commission of India is in the process of developing the 12th Five Year Plan, which will provide direction to the country for the next five years starting in 2012. The news is that this time,...

Risky potato plan mashed by activists

Feature story | May 19, 2011 at 22:15

It’s potato planting time again in the north of Sweden where activists are occupying BASF’s potato warehouse and are blocking the exit in order to hinder the German chemical company from planting the risky GMO potato “Amflora.”

Thailand to maintain GM-free position, India continues to approve field trials

Blog entry by Shivani Shah | July 7, 2011

Recently, the Thailand government came up with a Rice Master Plan. The plan outlines a policy that aims to keep Thai rice free of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). Back home, our government continues to approve field trials of...

“Monsanto quit India” day observed across the nation

Press release | August 9, 2011 at 22:41

New Delhi, 9th August 2011: On Quit India day, Greenpeace projected “Monsanto Quit India” on the India Gate highlighting the national opposition to the multinational seed companies like Monsanto. They were also joined by scores of Delhiites...

पूरे देश ने मनाया “मोन्सेन्टो भारत छोडो दिवस”

Press release | August 9, 2011 at 23:03

नई दिल्ली, 9 अगस्त, 2011: भारत छोडो दिवस के मौके पर आज ग्रीनपीस ने इंडिया गेट पर “मोन्सेन्टो भारत छोडो” अभियान का आगाज़ करते हुए जनता को बताया कि कैसे बहुराष्ट्रीय बीज कंपनियां भारत को अपने शिकंजे में कसने का प्रयास कर रही हैं। मोन्सेन्टो जैसी...

Karnataka pulls the plug on GM trials

Blog entry by Shivani Shah | August 12, 2011

In a landmark decision, the Karnataka government decided to pull the plug on all field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops across the state, securing the environment, farmers and health of people in the state from...

Monsanto it’s time to Quit India

Blog entry by Neha Saigal | August 22, 2011

Candles in the wind and the voices of many Delhi residents, echoed at India Gate, chanting ‘Monsanto Quit India’. It was a solemn evening on a day that marked an important milestone in India’s struggle for freedom. It was the day...

The World’s Biggest GM-Free Baingan Bharta to say a big NO to GM food

Blog entry by Neha Saigal | September 2, 2011

What do you get when you put together kilos of brinjal, a gathering of hundreds of citizens and the voices of over 100,000 people who have signed a petition to stop the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill? You get...

With public support, Greenpeace makes history

Press release | September 6, 2011 at 17:22

New Delhi, September 6, 2011: Dilli Haat today saw celebration of a different kind. Greenpeace was joined by hundreds of Delhiites from all walks of life to witness the making of the world's biggest GM free baingan ka bharta. This was as part of...

Opposition from over 1 lakh people creates the World’s Biggest GM-Free Baingan Bharta

Feature story | September 12, 2011 at 20:00

A sultry rainy day did not do much to dampen the spirit of hundreds of Delhiites, gathered at Dilli Haat to witness the preparation of the World’s Biggest GM-Free Baingan Bharta. The event, organised by Greenpeace, saw hundreds of people coming...

The journey to the World’s Biggest Baingan Bharta: A public movement

Blog entry by Neha Saigal | September 16, 2011

On September 6, Greenpeace along with citizens for a GM free India prepared the World’s Biggest GM-Free Baingan Bharta. The whole exercise was fun and saw an audience of around 200 people which included farmer leaders like Yudhvir...

Brinjals take over the roads in Goa

Blog entry by Boboton Singh | September 23, 2011

On Monday, September 5th, the Osia-Multiplex in Goa saw a lot of brinjals walking around the place. Greenpeace activists in Goa dressed up as brinjals and spoke to people about the dangers of genetically modified food. The idea was...

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