Softening-Up The UK Public For GM: Monsanto And Former UK Civil Servant Deal...
On the back of Brexit, the UK government is planning what could be a disastrous trade deal with the Trump administration. It would likely be worse than the secretive and undemocratic stalled...
View ArticlePro-GMO Scientists Blinded By Technology And Wedded To Ideology
The Oxford Martin School is based at Oxford University in the UK and has set up the ‘Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations’ (OMC). Bringing together international leaders from government,...
View ArticleMessage to John Beddington and the Oxford Martin Commission: A System of Food...
Sir John Beddington is Senior Advisor and Professor of Natural Resources Management at the Oxford Martin School in Oxford, UK. He also belongs to the Central Team of the Oxford Martin Commission for...
View ArticleOrganic Vs Industrial Chemical-Dependent Agriculture: Philosophies And Practices
What follows is a summary of this article, ‘A System of Food Production for Human Need, Not Corporate Greed’, and is a preamble to something that was recently forwarded to me by Emeritus Professor...
View ArticleEnemy of Reason: Behind the Mask of Pro-GMO Neoliberal Ideology
Professor Shanthu Shantharam recently wrote a response to Viva Kermani’s well thought out article about injecting some honesty into the debate about genetically modified (GM) food and crops. Both...
View ArticleProminent Lawyer Prashant Bhushan Urges Indian Government to Stop...
The environment ministry in India will make the final call after the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee recently gave a positive recommendation for the commercial cultivation of GM mustard....
View ArticleIndia Now!
K.P Sasi is a film maker, writer, activist and cartoonist. He can be reached at kpsasi36@gmail.com
View ArticleSoftening-Up The UK Public For GM: Monsanto And Former UK Civil Servant Deal...
On the back of Brexit, the UK government is planning what could be a disastrous trade deal with the Trump administration. It would likely be worse than the secretive and undemocratic stalled...
View ArticlePro-GMO Scientists Blinded By Technology And Wedded To Ideology
The Oxford Martin School is based at Oxford University in the UK and has set up the ‘Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations’ (OMC). Bringing together international leaders from government,...
View ArticleMessage to John Beddington and the Oxford Martin Commission: A System of Food...
Sir John Beddington is Senior Advisor and Professor of Natural Resources Management at the Oxford Martin School in Oxford, UK. He also belongs to the Central Team of the Oxford Martin Commission for...
View ArticleOrganic Vs Industrial Chemical-Dependent Agriculture: Philosophies And Practices
What follows is a summary of this article, ‘A System of Food Production for Human Need, Not Corporate Greed’, and is a preamble to something that was recently forwarded to me by Emeritus Professor...
View ArticleEnemy of Reason: Behind the Mask of Pro-GMO Neoliberal Ideology
Professor Shanthu Shantharam recently wrote a response to Viva Kermani’s well thought out article about injecting some honesty into the debate about genetically modified (GM) food and crops. Both...
View ArticleProminent Lawyer Prashant Bhushan Urges Indian Government to Stop...
The environment ministry in India will make the final call after the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee recently gave a positive recommendation for the commercial cultivation of GM mustard....
View ArticleIndia Now!
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View ArticleGMOs, Global Agribusiness And The Destruction of Choice
One of the myths perpetuated by the pro-GMO (genetically modified organisms) lobby is that critics of GMOs in agriculture are denying choice to farmers and have an ideological agenda. The narrative...
View ArticleMonsanto, Bayer And Neoliberalism: A Case of Hobson’s Choice
A Bayer marketing professional recently stated on Twitter that critics of GMOs deny choice to farmers. It’s a common accusation by the pro-GMO lobby. In a previous article, I noted the idea that GMOs...
View ArticleOffshoring 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...
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