No GM trials in the state of Karnataka, India
Deccan Herald, 20 July 2011 Agriculture Minister Umesh Katti has declared that the Government will not allow trials of genetically modified (GM) crops in the State of of Karnataka, India. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday in Bangalore, the Minister said Karnataka had opposed Bt brinjal, and if media reports on Bt maize and Bt paddy trials in Bijapur and Koppal [...]
Neighbours’ GM battle a test case
Jayne Rickard, The West Australian, 29 July 2011 The State Opposition and anti-GM activists say the landmark legal battle brewing between two neighbours and former friends over the alleged contamination of an organic property is the “tip of the iceberg”. Kojonup farmer Steve Marsh’s decision to pursue genetically modified canola grower Michael Baxter has divided the farming sector over competing [...]
GM grass could make superweed problem worse
Brandon Keim, Wired Science, 11 July 2011 A genetically engineered grass expected to hit U.S. markets without government review could speed the evolution of hard-to-control weeds, and perhaps require a return to toxic herbicides scrapped decades ago. On July 1 – a Friday afternoon, a time usually reserved for potentially controversial news – the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that [...]