Is adoption of Bt cotton an indicator of its success?
Published By kavitha On Friday, June 15th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton adoption, Bt cotton marketing
IS ADOPTION OF Bt COTTON AN INDICATOR OF ITS SUCCESS?
Very often, it is argued by biotech proponents and others that the very adoption of Bt cotton in India is an indicator of its success. This is a short response on such arguments.
Adoption cannot be an indicator of success or desirability ... Continue Reading
Time for a comprehensive evaluation of the Bt cotton experience: Jairam Ramesh
Published By kavitha On Friday, June 15th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, Bt cotton evaluation in India
THE FOLLOWING IS A CLARIFICATORY MAIL SENT BY UNION MINISTER MR JAIRAM RAMESH TO ABLE-AG, AFTER A PRESS RELEASE WAS PUT OUT BY THE INDUSTRY LOBBY GROUP QUOTING THE MINISTER OPPORTUNISTICALLY AND "APPROPRIATE HIS REMARKS TO ITS ADVANTAGE".
From: Jairam Ramesh
To: seetharama@ableindia.org
Cc: Kavitha Kuruganti ; Pushpa Mittra Bhargava
Sent: Wednesday, 13 June ... Continue Reading
BT COTTON FAILED THE MAJORITY OF COTTON FARMERS IN INDIA: EXPERIENCE NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED COMPREHENSIVELY
Published By kavitha On Friday, June 15th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton review, Bt cotton suicides, cotton farmers distress
Ten years of Bt cotton in India: Review findings
(Annexure to Press Note released by CEE/CSA/CSD on June 13th 2012)
A 10-year review process of Bt cotton in India was initiated by Centre for Environment
Education (Ahmedabad), Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (Hyderabad) and Council for
Social Development (New Delhi), through a national ... Continue Reading
Right time to review a decade of Bt cotton: National conference questions the success claims
Published By kavitha On Friday, June 15th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Bt cotton, Bt cotton suicides, Cotton yields in India, Precautionary Principle, riskiness of Bt cotton
“RIGHT TIME TO REVIEW TEN YEARS OF Bt COTTON” -
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Bt COTTON QUESTIONS THE SUCCESS CLAIMS: EXPRESSES CONCERN ON THREAT TO OUR SEED SOVEREIGNTY
New Delhi, June 12, 2012: A two-day national conference to review ten years of Bt cotton experience in India, by various stakeholders including farmers’ groups, ... Continue Reading
On what basis is GEAC deciding to woo state govts on GM field trials?
Coalition for a GM-Free India
New Delhi
7th May 2012
To,
Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan
The H’ble Minister, MoSEF (Independent Charge)
Government of India.
SUBJECT: YOUR STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT ON 27 MARCH 2012: ‘DELAY IN NOCS FOR GM CROPS TRIALS’
Dear Madam Minister,
Greetings from the Coalition for GM-Free India.
In your statement in the Rajya Sabha on 27 March 2012, ... Continue Reading
Dismal picture of cotton in Madhya Pradesh in the past decade
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, April 4th 2012. Under Bt Cotton, News, Reports Tags: Bt cotton in Madhya Pradesh, Bt cotton myths
A report released by Beej Swaraj Abhiyan and Hamara Beej Abhiyan in Madhya Pradesh on March 31st 2012, also including data from a primary survey taken up in 2012, to look at the comparative performance of Bt cotton with a set of sample farmers in Kharif 2011 as compared to ... Continue Reading
Bt cotton hype in Karnataka exposed
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, April 4th 2012. Under Bt Cotton, News, Reports Tags: Bt cotton in Karnataka, Bt cotton myths
A report released on the occasion of a one-day workshop called "10 years of Bt cotton in Karnataka: Whither other cotton?", with partial support from the Karnataka State Biodiversity Board on March 29th 2012 is available here. This report exposes the reality of fluctuating yields of cotton in the state, ... Continue Reading
10 years of Bt Cotton – False Hype and Failed Promises Exposed
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, March 21st 2012. Under Bt Cotton, News, Press Releases, Reports Tags: Bt cotton, Bt cotton false hype failed promise, cotton farmers crisis, farm suicides
The false hype and failed promises of Bt cotton in India were exposed by the Coalition for GM-Free India with a special report released in a press conference here today. As the 10th anniversary of Bt cotton’s regulatory approval in India approaches, the Coalition, using data from government institutions, highlighted ... Continue Reading
(Rajasthan) Government bans GM trials, to burn standing crop
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, March 20th 2012. Under Field Trials, GM Crops, News, States Tags: Field Trials, Field Trials on Hold, GM crops, GM Mustard, State Governments
New report damns India’s GM crop regulation
Published By kavitha On Monday, March 19th 2012. Under Bt Brinjal, News Tags: Bt brinjal, India GM crop regulation
An explosive new report on the safety asseessment of Bt brinjal (eggplant/aubergine) by Prof. Jack Heinemann has been submitted to India's Minister of Environment and Forests. Its findings suggest the regulation and official expertise brought to bear on GM crops are either grossly incompetent... or worse. Latha Jishnu's article below ... Continue Reading
Mr Prime Minister, Your comments on the opposition to GM crops & Nuclear power plants
Dr Manmohan Singh,
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,
# 7, Race Course Road,
New Delhi March 05, 2012
Your Comments on the Opposition to GM Crops and Nuclear Power Plants
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
There has been wide coverage of your interview with the journal ‘Science’, on February 24, 2012 concerning the opposition 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
Coalition’s Letter to GEAC about Gujarat Field Trials
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, February 29th 2012. Under Field Trials, States Tags: Field Trials, Gujarat, SBCC
February 28, 2012
To:
Shri M F Farooqui,
Chairperson,
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee,
Ministry of Environment & Forests,
Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi 3.
Dear Shri Farooqui,
Sub: Field Trials of GM Crops in Gujarat violative of EPA 1989 rules
It has come to light through responses to RTI queries that the GM crop field trials that ... Continue Reading
PM’s statement a purposive attempt to prevent a healthy debate on GM crops in India
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, February 29th 2012. Under News, Press Releases Tags: GM crops, Science & Democracy
Prime Ministers Statement – Is a purposive attempt to prevent a healthy debate on GM crops in India
It reeks of an inherent disrespect for science and democracy
27th February 2012: The Coalition for a GM-Free India is outraged by the statement made by the Prime Minister Sri.Manmohan Singh on foreign-funded NGOs ... Continue Reading
“GM FIELD TRIALS IN GUJARAT VIOLATIVE OF EPA RULES: RTI RESPONSES”
Sharing with media copies of information obtained through Right To Information Act, activists of Coalition for a GM-Free India pointed out that the open-air field trials of GM maize permitted in Gujarat are violative of EPA norms and demanded their immediate destruction. Apart from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat is the only ... Continue Reading
