Category Archives: India

Do Farmers Want GM Crops?

Posted on November 15, 2014 by GDS

Do small farmers in developing countries want GM crops?  That is a truly divisive question, and it seems like anyone with a dog in the hunt gets to speak for the farmers.  I want to consider what’s wrong with the … Continue reading →

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Bt Cotton is Failing; Blame the Farmers

Posted on February 9, 2013 by GDS

Of all the GMO controversies around the world, the saga of Bt cotton in India continues to be one of the most interesting and important. In the latest chapter, reported by the Business Standard, cotton yields have dropped to a … Continue reading →

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Decide for Yourself

Posted on February 27, 2012 by GDS

The dust has not settled after India’s decision not to approve its first genetically modified food crop.  In fact it has just been kicked up again today, with the prime minister accusing foreign NGO’s of meddling and activists responding that … Continue reading →

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Bt Cotton, Remarkable Success, and Four Ugly Facts

Posted on February 12, 2012 by GDS

Of all the crops and countries in GMO controversies today, few are as important than Bt cotton in India. GMO debates keep going back to small farmers and developing countries, and India has by far the most small farmers planting … Continue reading →

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A Biotech Page-Turner

Posted on January 6, 2012 by GDS

If you’re floundering around looking for a topic for your masters thesis in literature, allow me to submit for your consideration corporate media for children on GMO’s, a fascinating and understudied emerging genre. I was first introduced to this genre … Continue reading →

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Feeding Hungry Indians

Posted on June 16, 2011 by GDS

News today in the Bombay press about India’s worrisome food imbalance. Too much food. It seems that India’s “buffer stocks” have more than 30 million tons of wheat and rice over what they want or can handle.  Having sucked down … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food, India, Population | 17 Comments

Do Not Read: GM Cotton and Indian Farmer Suicide

Posted on May 13, 2011 by GDS

More in the news this week about Indian cotton farmers killing themselves. Mainly cotton farmers. Mostly deep in debt. One every 30 minutes. According to some, the underlying cause is the spread of being genetically modified Bt cotton. It has … Continue reading →

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GM Eggplant and Ayurveda in India

Posted on April 29, 2011 by GDS

India may be the world’s most closely-watched arena for the spread of genetically modified (GM) crops, but it has allowed only one of these crops so far — cotton.  Until recently it looked like its first GM food crop would … Continue reading →

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