Sentences with phrase «bt brinjal»

In February 2010, the environment ministry put an indefinite moratorium on Bt brinjal, India's first GM food crop, days after the country's biotech regulator cleared it for cultivation.

If the stated goal of introduction Bt Brinjal is because it is more resistant to pests and will increase crop yields, surely in the thousands of currently cultivated varieties there is a solution which won't just lead to more profit and crop control by Monsanto and will actually benefit the farmers cultivating it, rather than just requiring them to buy into the Corporation.

This research has implications for GM crops more broadly: Though its introduction has been halted for now by India's environment ministry, Bt brinjal (eggplant or aubergine...) depends upon the same genes to make it resistant to pests.

I've been working with Cornell University, where I'm a visiting fellow, on a new project regarding Bt Brinjal, a GM eggplant that is pest - resistant in Bangladesh.

This led to the government declaring an indefinite moratorium on the commercialisation of Bt brinjal.

Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh announced a public consultation to decide the fate of the introduction of Bt brinjal in the country.

The Guardian: Farmers growing a landmark genetically modified food crop in Bangladesh — Bt brinjal, or aubergine — have found themselves at the centre of a power struggle between the government and activists trying to prevent the technology getting a hold in the region.

Now, according to unofficial reports, something similar seems to be taking place with Bt brinjal (eggplant) in Bangladesh, Bt rice in China and Bt potato in Kazakhstan.

In 2010, the government halted plans to commercialize Bt brinjal, a kind of eggplant.

The overwhelming view is that the available evidence has shown, adequately and beyond reasonable doubt, that Bt brinjal is safe for human consumption and that its environmental effects are negligible.

The report quotes a former official saying that he felt he was pressured by industry and other officials to approve the release of Bt brinjal.

Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh held a countrywide series of public hearings and in February 2010 imposed an indefinite moratorium on the release of Bt brinjal.

It seems that the anti-science, anti-technology, and anti-GMO movements that are hindering the use of transgenic crops in India, such as Bt brinjal (eggplant) and pro-vitamin A-fortified Golden Rice (GR), are having a chilling effect on our students.

Not exact matches

The report was commissioned by India environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who earlier this year had imposed an indefinite moratorium on the release of brinjal engineered to make the Bt toxin that helps the plant resist insect pests.

Jairam Ramesh has decided to hold a series of public consultations before finalizing his decision on release of Bt - brinjal, the first food crop to come up for consideration before the government.