BT cotton behind farmer suicides?

March 28, 2012 By Rashme Sehgal Correspondent New Delhi Despite having unleashed more than 780 Bt cotton hybrids in India during the last decade, yields have turned stagnant and farmer suicides in the cotton belt are multiplying. In fact, although Bt cotton now covers more than 90 per cent of the total cotton growing area [...]

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GM Free Bihar Movement Rejects BRAI Bill

Patna, October 16, 2011: The GM Free Bihar Movement today rejected the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill as anti-people and anti-nature, saying that the Bihar Government should also pitch in immediately to stall the Bill before it becomes a law. At a dharna held at the Kargil Chowk, farmers and activists also started [...]

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WRONG BILL BY WRONG PEOPLE FOR WRONG REASONS

BRAI BILL 2011 IS NO BETTER THAN ANTI-PEOPLE, ANTI-NATURE BRAI 2009 August 16th 2011: The BRAI Bill is a blatant attempt to bulldoze through the public resistance and genuine concerns about Genetically Modified crops, and to deny state governments their Constitutional authority over Agriculture and Health, said the Coalition for a GM-Free India in its [...]

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Monsanto Quit India on 9th August,2011

                   MONSANTO, QUIT INDIA!    NO CORPORATE CONTROL OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE!  Call for a Nation-wide DAY OF ACTION on Aug. 9, 2011 (Quit India Day) & KISAN SWARAJ WEEK, Aug. 9TH to Aug. 15TH 2011 Have you heard of this agri-business company called Monsanto? Monsanto is an [...]

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Monsanto Quit India

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