THE BT BRINJAL
CASE: OVERHAULING THE REGULATORY SYSTEM MUST BE
THE FIRST STEP
The
Minister for Environment and Forests, Sri Jairam
Ramesh deserves congratulations for the effort he
is making to hear the public’s views on Bt brinjal.
The range of public concerns that are being
expressed by diverse stakeholders in different
parts of the country will help form the Minister’s
opinion about GM crops and the regulatory system
in general.
What safeguards to
protect traditional crops from GM crops, SC asks
Centre
At
a time when the proposed open field trials of Bt
brinjal are drawing loud protests, the Supreme
Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to detail the
steps it has put in place to protect India's
traditional crops from possible contamination by
field trials of genetically modified seeds.
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Dr Suman Sahai in Oslo, discussing issues related
to climate change and agriculture with Mr Lars P.
Brekk, Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Dr
Gry Synnevag, head of Noragric, the Institute of
Agriculture and Environment at the University of
Oslo,Norway.
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Opinion Poll on Bt
brinjal:
Question: - Do you think Bt brinjal has been
tested properly (11/11/2009)
Total Votes: 326
Agree 300 votes (92%)
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Disagree 25 votes (7.7%)
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Don't know 1 vote (0.3%)
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states of India, was started in 1993 by Dr. Suman Sahai
and a group of people concerned about food and
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