Exclusive: Monsanto pulls new GM cotton seed from India in protest

On August 25, 2016

Monsanto Co has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its next generation of genetically modified cotton seeds in India […]

Why the government is right in controlling the price of Monsanto’s Bt cotton seeds

On August 22, 2016

Would we allow someone to claim they were the owner of a building only because they moved […]

Stop Monsanto’s crimes! Indian farmers call for ‘Monsanto Quit India’

On August 17, 2016

… and demand of government to not only regulate prices of Bt cotton seed but ban Bt Cotton […]

Indian farmers cotton on to new seed, in blow to Monsanto

On August 6, 2016

Thousands of cotton farmers across the north of India have switched to the new local variety, spelling trouble for seed giant Monsanto […]

Boon for farmers: Bt cotton is also cotton, rules HC

On July 26, 2016

A division bench of the HC of Karnataka dismissed an appeal by ABLE, which had claimed that ‘Bt cotton seeds’ are not really ‘cotton seeds’ […]

The Reason For Farmer Suicides in Punjab Lies Not in the Whitefly But in Bt Cotton

On July 18, 2016

By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Citizen, 17 July 2016 Image: Farmer Darshan Singh plucks cotton from his damaged Bt […]

The Corporate War Against The Planet, People and Democracy

On July 15, 2016

Related Campaigns Monsanto Tribunal and People’s Assembly The Hague, 14th – 16th October 2016 Seed Freedom Call to Action 2016 […]

In the theatre of the absurd

On July 13, 2016

A new documentary – Bt Beguner Bisambad (BT Brinjal In the Dock)- seeks to bring back some of the issues surrounding the controversial initiative to introduce genetically modified brinjal crops in Bangladesh […]

What the Nigerian National Confab Agreed to on Biosafety and GMOs

On July 5, 2016

By Nnimmo Bassey – Premium Times, 4 July 2016 Nnimmo Bassey Source: http://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2016/07/04/nigerian-national-confab-agreed-biosafety-gmos-nnimmo-bassey/ During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), […]

Bija Swaraj is our Birthright

On June 27, 2016

Bija Swaraj is our Birthright and we shall defend it with our life. For Seed is life and without the seed their can be no life. It is a gift of Mother Nature that has sustained the Indian civilisation […]

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