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BT is profitable for BT companies!
3 hours ago ago from Calcutta Chronicles
But is it safe for humans? This news article says that `scientists' have declared BT brinjal to be safe for consumption, and also more profitable for farmers. So who are these scientists? The main organizers of the event are All India Crop Biotechnology Association (AICBA), Environment Resource Research Centre (ERRC) at Thiruvananthapuram, and Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education (FBAE) at Bangalore. I tried to look ...
Related contentThe Kora Cotton Sarees of Coimbatore
10 hours ago ago from Sarees, Salwar Kameez and Lehenga Cholis
South India is fondly called the Manchester of India, thanks to the superior variety of cotton grown and spun here on handlooms as well as power looms. With time it has become a large hub of cotton apparels like chudidar , salwar , kurta , shirts and sarees . Though South Indian Sarees are mostly famous for their silk touch, cotton sarees are equally in vogue such as the venkatgiri sari from Andhra Pradesh and Kora Cotton sarees from ...
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7 hours ago ago from Project Survival Media
Check out our latest video production on farmer suicides in India: The monsoons, which are traditionally considered a good omen in India, failed this year for all practical purposes. It is a trend that has been continuing since the past three years. Parts of the subcontinent received the rains too late, or too much of it in one go. Couple this with the introduction of genetically-modified seeds, inefficient governance at the ...
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21 hours ago ago from There goes rhymin Simon
On my visits to India this year, I've been particularly interested to talk to Indian people about their perspective on China, with whom, many feel, the Indians are engaging in a new cold war. Of course my particular interest (not withstanding the wider geo-politics) is in textiles and raw materials, especially cotton. I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Mumbai Bio Fach for a short time on my last trip, and was fascinated to see ...
Related contentThe right to food
1 day ago ago from Berhane Tewolde's Development Blog
Interview with Joan Mencher, an anthropologist who has worked in India for long on issues such as agriculture, ecology and caste Published on Frontline , by VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED, December 15, 2009. JOAN P. MENCHER is a Professor emerita of Anthropology from the City University of New York’s Graduate Centre and Lehman College of the City University of New York. She is the chair of an embryonic not-for-profit organisation, The Second Chance ...
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