Essentially the application of the patent constituted an act of biopiracy – violating Indian law and international treaties.
CONTINUE READINGLivemint, 14 January 2016 Source: http://www.livemint.com/Politics/DitDLJSF3ilmXNZgSW8bcM/Sikkim-becomes-Indias-first-organic-state.html Around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land was gradually converted to certified organic land by […]
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CONTINUE READINGNavdanya Pulse of Life Celebration – On 6 January 2016 at Doon Valley Earth University and Dilli Haat Organic Café
CONTINUE READING– 2016 is the year of Pulses. Navdanya is launching a campaign “Pulse of life” to conserve India’s pulse diversity, […]
CONTINUE READINGOn January 30, Gandhi’s martyrdom day, I will join Gandhians in Sewagram, in defence of Gandhi’s ghani as a symbol of the swadeshi food. Anna Swaraj (Food Freedom) is the birthright of every Indian.
CONTINUE READINGBy Dr Vandana Shiva – GOI Monitor, 29 December 2015 Source Just focusing on energy can’t solve climate change crisis. […]
CONTINUE READINGAn independent fact-finding team of cotton experts that examined Bt cotton fields destroyed by pink bollworm in Raichur district on Thursday strongly held that the crop destruction was not due to adulteration of seeds, but due to the failure of Bt technology itself.
CONTINUE READINGMahyco Monsanto Biotech (MMB), the joint venture between US-based Monsanto and Mahyco, has cancelled the licence of Bt cotton seed manufacturer Nuziveedu Seeds and its two subsidiaries, Prabhat Seeds and Prabhat Agri Bio-tech, for “non-payment of royalty fees” (trait value) of Rs 160 crore for using its Bollgard-II technology.
CONTINUE READINGFor the third consecutive time, US chemical giant Dow Chemical has failed to turn up before a court in Bhopal in connection with 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case following which the hearing has been posted for July next year.
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