Offshoring Indian Agriculture: Is India Becoming a GMO Trash Can?
The regulatory system for GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in India is in tatters. So said the Coalition for a GMFree India (CGMFI) in 2017 after media reports about the illegal cultivation of GM...
View ArticleGMO Agriculture and the Narrative of Choice
The pro-GMO lobby claim critics of the technology ‘deny farmers choice’. They say that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies. It is all about maximising choice and options....
View ArticlePushing GMO Crops Into India: Experts Debunk High-Level Claims of Bt Cotton...
On 6 July 2020, an article extolling the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops appeared on the BloombergQuint website based on an interview with Dr Ramesh Chand, a member of the key Indian...
View ArticleFrom Cotton to Brinjal: Fraudulent GMO Project in India Sustained by Deception
Insecticidal Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton is the first and only GM (genetically modified) crop that has been approved in India. It has been cultivated in the country for more than 20 years. In a...
View ArticleBt Cotton in India is a GMO Template for a ‘monumental irreversible...
Cotton is the only genetically modified (GM) crop that has been officially approved in India and has been cultivated (illegally then legally) in the country for more than 20 years. Although GM mustard...
View ArticleSerious Threat to Food and Farming – GM Lobby Plans New Offensive With Gene...
As these are increasing warnings of distinguished scientists against Genetically Modified (GM) crops, the strong GM lobby led by some of the biggest corporate interests (who are bent on...
View ArticleGovt of India’s decision to import GM soymeal into India patently illegal
New Delhi, August 27th 2021: The Coalition for a GM-Free India, a civil society platform that had been in the forefront of struggles against hazardous gene technologies being deployed in India, has...
View ArticleGM Food With Its Serious Health Hazards Should Never be Approved in India
Recently the Coalition for GM-Free Agriculture in India has expressed serious concern regarding the new regulations being framed and discussed for regulating GM food as these are leaving wide gaps...
View ArticleWhy it is important today to recall the democratic processes which led to the...
At a time when there is widespread apprehension regarding high-power efforts to weaken regulations which have by and large sought to keep away GM foods from India, it will be useful to recall the...
View Article162 Doctors Express Serious Concerns About GM Foods in India
In recent weeks several groups which have been active on food safety issues have expressed concens about the serious health hazards involved in the increased possibility of introduction of imported or...
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