Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers being driven to suicide because of high costs of seed, and false promises is enough ground for the government to revoke Monsanto’s Bt cotton […]
CONTINUE READINGWhen ordered to reduce Bt cotton seed prices by 74 per cent, Monsanto’s immediate response was to threaten to quit India, confirming that it cannot respect the law or farmers’ rights.
CONTINUE READINGBy Warren Bell – National Observer, 5 March 2016 Source: http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/03/05/opinion/vandana-shivas-organic-food-advocacy-inspires-bc-farmers “Everything is food. Everything is something else’s food. And […]
CONTINUE READINGWhile the Centre is suing Monsanto, Maharashtra has signed an MoU with it to set up the biggest seed hub in India. How can a corporation taking lives be rewarded with the ‘Make in India’ label?
CONTINUE READINGTo celebrate the International Year of Pulses, Navdanya started a pilgrimage through the […]
CONTINUE READINGFor most of rural India, mustard oil is life. Women use this nutritious oil from the preparation of the most basic rotis to complex vegetable masala […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Scott London – The Ecologist, 14 February 2016 Source: http://www.theecologist.org/Interviews/2987151/in_the_footsteps_of_gandhi_an_interview_with_vandana_shiva.html Vandana Shiva is more than just a leading scientist, […]
CONTINUE READING11 February Book Launch at Biofach in Nurenberg for 2016 International Year of Pulses
CONTINUE READINGBy Dr Vandana Shiva, 8 February 2016 Source: http://vandanashiva.com/?p=395 The policy paper by the NITI Aayog, “Raising Agricultural Productivity and […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Saurabh Yadav – The Hindu Business Line, 5 February 2016 Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/small-oil-crisis/article8194051.ece Ghanis, village-level extraction units, have long been […]
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