SOME RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR PEOPLE ENGAGING WITH THE DEBATE
Slide deck on “SORRY STATE OF REGULATION OF GENE TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD & FARMING SYSTEMS IN INDIA” (2019)
Presentation on “Bt Brinjal in India – Is it Safe? Is it Needed?” (2019)
“Need to Ban Glyphosate (in India)” – a presentation (2019)
Leaflets, Briefing Papers, Posters and Presentations on GM mustard are available here: http://indiagminfo.org/gm-mustard/ (2016-17)
“15 Years of Bt cotton in India: Admission of Failure is Official Now“: Report, June 2017 (Coalition for a GM-Free India)
Compilation of scientific evidences on adverse impacts of GM crops: Coalition’s compilation (Nov. 2013) and a Brazilian Government publication (2017)
“Can GM and Organic Co-Exist in India?”: booklet, August 2014 (ASHA and Jatan)
“Genetically Modified Foods and Crops: Some Facts That Everyone Should Know” is a brief booklet that explains various controversies related to GMOs. Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, 2013.
Supreme Court’s Technical Expert Committee: Interim Report dated 07/10/2012 ; TEC Final Report covering letter dated June 30th 2013 and the Main Report along with its Annexure; Corrigendum dated 18th July 2013.
You can download an introductory handbook (2008) on Genetic Engineering in Indian Agriculture here.
A hindi version of this handbook, more updated (2010) is available here.
A briefing paper on Bt brinjal (2006) can be downloaded here.
A briefing paper on Herbicide Tolerant GM crops and Monsanto’s GM maize which will be sought to be commercialised soon in India is available here.
A compilation of hundreds of published papers on the various adverse impacts of GMOs is available here.
For taking action against the entry of GMOs in our food and farming in India, please do visit www.iamnolabrat.com from where a petition to the Prime Minister of India can be signed.
Some useful videos, including documentaries from India related to Bt cotton and GM foods like Bt brinjal are listed at GMWatch on this link. The India-specific videos can be accessed here.
A recent national TV debate on GM mustard in Hindi is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8cgx62KIY