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New flood-resistant rice can help fight weeds, water pollution!

Irani — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:15:28 +0000

Scientists have developed a new flood-tolerant rice variety that can also be a potential weapon to fight against both crop-ravaging weeds and water pollution. Ready to make its way from the lab to the field, it will be a great gift and relief...

Indian Prime Minister States Country Needs to Balance GM Fear with Food Security

Gautam — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:24:56 +0000

In order to clear confusion over the field of biotechnology, Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister stated that environmental and health hazards if any posed by GM rice needs to be balanced with the requirement for feeding more than a billion people...

GM Rice Field Trials Don't Impress Indian Rice Traders

Gautam — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:01:59 +0000

The rice traders don’t seem to be comfortable with Indian government plans of conducting field trials of GM rice as they feel it could have an impact on millions of farmers in the country. They fear that these trials could lead to the...

Bayer Caught In Genetically Modified Rice Scandal

Gautam — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:03:47 +0000

Rice growers had filed a suite against Bayer after traces of unapproved genetically modified rice was founded in long grain rice in Missouri and Arkansas. This had led to Japan banning certain strains of American rice which caused the prices...

U.S. Rice Exports to EU Might Have Illegal GM Varieties of Rice

Gautam — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:24:49 +0000

In a recent development, EU countries are testing all U.S. long grain rice imports to ensure that these varieties have not been genetically modified illegally. Each and every U.S. consignment would be tested to ensure that the variety is...