Coalition condemns Biotech industry attempts to hijack and dilute the CBD MOP6 discussions
Published By kavitha On Saturday, October 6th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Biotech Industry, CBD MOP6, Coalition for GM-Free India, Field Trials, Monsanto, Nagoya Supplementary Protocol, Precautionary Principle, Socio Economic Considerations
MOP exposes real safety concerns of GM crops;
Coalition demands that India should not allow any open-air field trials or release of GM crops.
A comprehensive Biosafety Law be enacted with strict liability and redress provisions.
The CBD MOP6, has for once, exposed the Global Biotech industry’s attempts to ... Continue Reading
Meet David Runyon…and understand Monsanto some more!
MEET DAVID RUNYON…AND UNDERSTAND MONSANTO SOME MORE !
Meet David Runyon, an “average-sized” farmer with 900 acres from Indiana, USA. He was in India recently and I had a chance to meet and discuss with him various issues related to American farming. He seemed nervous in the alien setting when I ... Continue Reading
Monsanto OFFICIALLY caught in illegal planting of GM maize in UAS Dharwad
Published By kavitha On Monday, February 6th 2012. Under Field Trials, News, Press Releases Tags: GEAC failure, Illegal planting, Monsanto
“BLACKLIST MONSANTO IMMEDIATELY : MNC CAUGHT VIOLATING BIOSAFETY NORMS YET AGAIN IN GM MAIZE TRIAL, THIS TIME OFFICIALLY”
New Delhi/Bengaluru, February 6th 2012: Ahead of a regulators’ meeting on February 8th 2012, and reacting to the confirmed reports of Monsanto’s illegal planting of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) maize in its GM maize ... Continue Reading
ADVERTISING STANDARDS COUNCIL OF INDIA CONCLUDES THAT MAHYCO MONSANTO BIOTECH’S CLAIMS ON BOLLGARD ARE NOT SUBSTANTIATED
A prominent advertisement by Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech Ltd titled “Bollgard boosts the Indian cotton farmers’ income by over Rs. 31,500 crores” that appeared in Hindustan Times on August 30th 2011, was found to be not substantiated in its claims by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). ASCI found that the ... Continue Reading
Scientific Fraud: Misconduct by UAS-Dharwad in the name of Bt cotton
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, December 28th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News Tags: Bt cotton, Monsanto, Scientific Fraud
In the name of Bt cotton production, spurious act of developing Bt cotton
A misconduct in the name of developing Bt Cotton, by University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad came to the notice of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR). In the last eight years, as the Bt cotton seed prices ... Continue Reading
VJAS complains to ToI against ‘paid news’ on Bt cotton & Vidarbha
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, September 13th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News Tags: BRAI Bill, Bt cotton, Monsanto, Paid News
To
The Editor
The Times of India
Nagpur & Mumbai
Dear Sir,
Sub: False advertising campaign by Mahyco Monsanto Biotech in Times of India starting August 28, 2011. A serious instance of ‘paid news?’
More than once in the past some reporters of the Times of India (certainly in Nagpur) have shown much sensitivity and sympathy ... Continue Reading
“Got a Plant, will republish for a fee”: on Paid News….
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, September 13th 2011. Under Bt Cotton, News Tags: Bt cotton, Monsanto, Paid News
It is unclear whether ToI had actually published a retraction or rejoinder or explanation about this.
"Got a plant, will republish for a fee"
The Times of India reruns a three-year-old story on Bt Cotton without any updates as paid news. It is described as a consumer connect initiative. Why ... Continue Reading
