Cotton farming
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Bt cotton Development, Research, Regulation
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Politics,
Legal issues, Policy, Commentary
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IPR, Commerce
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2008
Apr 18: Gujarat:
bad
weather hits crop; prod still high also spurious
seeds
Apr 17: Haryana:
Bt cotton may occupy 90% area
Mar 11: Punjab:
mealy
bugs [2006: in Gujarat]
Mar 07: Punjab:
mealy bug and waterlogging may turn cotton growers to rice
Feb 24: Pakistan
mealy bug, CLCV
Feb 21: Bt
acreage Maharashtra> AP> Gujarat
Feb 19: Bt
factor in inc cotton production and here
Feb 05: Bt
cotton acreage 66% of total
Jan 27: TN:
Bt cotton acreage up 29% and here
and here
Jan 25: AP--Bt
cotton success
Jan 15: Bt
cotton acreage up by 75% in north and here
and here
Jan 13: Vidarbha
farmers' woes
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2008
Apr 22: CICR-Bt
short staple cotton in two years
Apr 14: GM
crops do not yield more
Apr 07: Rapid
diagnostic kits for GM crops (PIB India) here
Apr 08: PAU--Cotton
research meeting
Apr 06: Punjab--IPM
training
Apr 02: GEAC
approves commercial release and field trials PIB
Mar 03: Punjab:
PAU Bt cotton vars
Feb 24: No
sign of resistance in India: Monsanto
Feb 08: Bt
resistance--AZ NPR
Hindu
Jan 25: Karnataka:
Monsanto sponsored research--Bt cotton profitable and here
and here
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2008
April 12: AP:
cotton seed price row returns and here
and here
Apr 09: Call for
ban on GM crop in AP
Apr 08: Orissa,
GM seed protests
Mar 19: Orissa
Bt cotton protest
Mar 05: Punjab--Bt
cotton vars protest
Feb 14: SC--hearing
field trials
Jan 29: The
rise of Bt cotton
Jan 08: Bt
cotton in Orissa-violation of biosafetly
Jan 01: World Cotton Conference in New Delhi, 2011 |
2008
Apr 22: Gujarat
worst-hit by illegal Bt cotton seeds Remedial
steps: MMB
Apr 15: Short-staple
cotton needed for denim in short supply and priced high
Feb 12: Increased
cotton production here
here
Feb 10: Gujarat
State Seeds Corporation to sell Bt seeds
Jan 31: Cotton
prices rise
Jan 21: Gujarat mills not getting enough cotton?
Jan 15: Exports
expected to
inc. 18-20% to 65 lakh bales
Jan 02: India boom global slump
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2007
Dec 07: AP:
Mahyco claims 61% increase in Bt cotton area
Nov 22: Bt
crops in India (PIB)
Nov 19: Maharashtra
Rising costs hurt Vidarbha farmers
Nov 15: MP:
changing face of farmers
Nov 13: Punjab:
production drop due to weather and pest attack (due to spurious Bt
seed?)
Nov 12: Maharashtra:
Vidarbha farmer suicide (1016th)
Nov 11: Cotton
acreage up 65%
Nov 08: AP:
Organic farming
Oct 19: Bt
cotton makes farmer smile
Oct 04: Aarkavaadi,
TN: Rasi field trials
Sep 29: Kharif:
5.33 m ha Bt/9.09 m ha total cotton; shortfall
in coarse cereals
Sep 28: AP,Gujarat,
Karnataka, TN: Child labour in cottonseed production
Sep 22: AP:
distress of cotton seed farmers
Sep 19: Punjab:
harvest good
Sep 19: Pakistan:
25% shortfall due to mealy bug and Cotton Leaf Curl Virus
Sep 14: Bt
cotton 53 lakh ha out of 91 lakh ha (=60%)
Sep 14: Shortage
of pesticides endagngers cotton crop in Pakistan
Sep 13: Maharashtra
yield good
Sep 7: Gujarat:
Kutch farmers prosper with cotton
Sep 4: Punjab:
cotton
may be set back by 25%
Sep 2: Punjab:
whither Bt magic? (ET)
Aug 31: Punjab: Bt
cotton under
attack in Malwa (IE) Increased
pesticide use; Mealybug in Gujarat? (countercurrents)
Aug 29: Gujarat:child
labour in Bt cotton farms; Aug
31: Rally by GALU and CACL
Aug 28: Maharashtra:
PM
to review Vidarbha suicides
Aug 26: Maharashtra:
Vidarbha
suicides down;
Vidarbha
suicides up [!!]
Aug 22: Punjab:
cotton failure
due
to mealy bug, Punjab News
[RG: This phenomenon could have been
anticipated, given reports of a "...new pest* recorded in the year 2005
in Punjab and Sindh." Govt.Pakistan
report (cached version) and here]
*Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Aug 17: Cotton
area 85.1 ha; Bt cotton 46.8 ha [rice decrease]
Aug 8: AP
Adilabad--Bt cotton in 90% of 2 lakh ha cotton area
Aug 10: AP,
Punjab: Cotton
area increases
Jul 14: Textile
industry to aid Vidarbha farmers
Jul 06: Bt
cotton demand rises; no explanation for livestock deaths
Jul 03: Gujarat--cotton
acreage 23 lakh Ha, Bt cotton 14 Ha;
Jun 22: AP--Feb/Mar
mortality of livestock confirmed
Jun 22: Kharif
sowing delayed
Jun 12: Punjab--cotton
crop wilts under heat wave (Bhatinda)
Jun 08: MP--24
Bt cotton varieties to be sold
May 21: AP Warangal--Bt cotton report
1, report
2, report
3
May 11: Bt
cotton failed in Vidarbha: Minister
Mar 29: Farm
suicides, Bt cotton: P. Sainath
Mar 15: Bt
cotton cultivation expected to increase to 60% of total area
Mar 12: Harkishanpura (Bhatinda), Punjab: Bt
cotton saves 'village for sale'
Mar 2: Bt
cotton spells doom for cattle?
Feb 16: Cotton
production may decline in Gujarat
Feb 2: Karnataka:
Bt cotton 25% total cotton area
Jan 31: Area
under Bt cotton up 39%; Hindu;
Jan 29: TN
farmers compensated.
Jan 19: India
surpasses China in acreage under biotech crops. [also
here]
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2007
Dec 22: Rasi
seed developer awarded and here
Dec 12: Bt
cotton finds favour in Ap: economics
Dec 04: AP:
Long staple Bt cotton released
Nov 25: Mahyco-Monsanto
looking to pulses and wheat
Nov 19: Modified
Bt toxin kills Bt-resistant insects
Nov 09: Mahyco
cotton hybrid, Roundup Ready Flex for 2010
Nov 08: Cotton
fiber development genes
Oct 31: Bt
success: UAS VC
Oct 08: Centre
for Sustainable Agriculture study in Gujarat
Oct 08: Bt
corn detritus may harm non-target stream invertebrates
Oct 03: IDRC-Gene
Campaign study launched
Sep 10: Kaveri
Seed Bt cotton
??: Emerging pests in
North Indian cotton (doc)
Aug 30: AP:
Bt cotton does not reduce pesticide use (fewer sprays, but more qty per
spray)
Aug 24: JK
Agri Genetics stacked cry1AC and cry1EC variety by 2010
Aug 22: CICR
Bt cotton trials stopped pending tests with large animals
Aug 24: Bt
Brinjal trials with conditions
Aug 10: 'Biopestcide'
against bollworm (TERI)
Jul 25: Front
Line demos of cotton technology in Vidarbha
July 7: AP
Coalition in Def. of Div. questions Assocham report
Jul 12: Benefits of Bt2--Assocham (here,
here;
here,
here,
in
Warangal
Jun 21: Panchayats
can deny permission for GM crop trials
Jun 17: Monsanto
drought tolerant cotton and maize
Jun 14: GEAC
approves 39+9 Bt cotton hybrids
Jun 08: GM
crops and allergies
Jun 07: Meta-analysis:
GM benefits (Science 316:1475-7, 2007).
Searchable database.
Jun 07: Optimal
pesticide use for cotton: Australia-India research
May 29: 'Bt
cotton harmless': CICR scientist
May 29: Vibha
Agrotech and Australian Centre collaboration
Here:
Aug 15
May 18: GEAC
approves commercial cultivation of 59 Bt cotton hybrids; 53
hybrids; total 111
hybrids
Apr 22: AP
farmers confused by Bt cotton seed brands [Article]
Apr 15: No
negative impact of Bt cotton: Monsanto spokesman
Apr 8: India
urged to allow scientific exchange with Pakistan
Apr 8: GEAC
flouting law, acc to Planning Commision taskforce
Mar 28: Need
for rational regulatory regime
Mar 17: Drought-resistant cotton: The
Hindu, Financial
Express
Mar 15: No
approval of Bt cotton for commercial cultivation in summer '07
Mar 13: Bt
Cotton not assessed for effect in health, plant life, environment
(Lok Sabha Q&A)
Feb 17: National
Inst Nutrition to investigate death of sheep
Feb 16: Bt
cotton failed in Vidarbha (Gene Campaign) (Xinhua)
Feb 07: IDRC
research study initiated
Jan 25: Effect of GM crops on developing countries [Stone,
Wash. Univ, here
with subscription; comment
in Salon.com New
Scientist
Jan 16: Agricultural De-skilling and the Spread of GM
Cotton in Warangal. Article
and discussion
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2007
Dec 25: Development
(incl Bt seed) wins election for Mody Jan
2 TOI
Nov 06: Two
views on GM crops
Nov 04: Let
biotech crops bloom
Oct 24: Subsidy
for Bt cotton seed from next Kharif
Oct 22: Punjab
to fight fake Bt seed racket
Oct 21: Nagpur
high court hearing on plea for hike in support price for cotton
(Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti)
Oct 15: Gujarat
-- N Modi
Oct 12: Private
revolution: King cotton is back with a bang!
Aug 27: Record
cotton yield burden for Maharashtra (higher yield means government's
cotton purchase bill is bigger
Aug 22: Bt
cotton
success stories
Aug 16: Cattle
deaths not due to Bt cotton: MOE
Aug 07: Nat'l
Seed Assoc to challenge AP ordinance on seed price
Aug 01: SC
reservations on adjudicating technical subjects
Jul 11: AP
to cap Bt cotton price
Jun 18: Increasing
popularity of Bt cotton
Jun 16: Vidarbha
farmers' widows urge Bt cottonseed ban Kalam
hears woes
Jun 13: AP--Environment
Act invoked to oversee Bt cotton Co
Jun 09: AP
govt advises against Bt cotton; here; here
Jun 5: Build
on Bt cotton success; FM
May 30: AP:
Bt cotton seed sellers warned to keep price at Rs 750 per packet Blackmarket
seeds
May 9: Biotech
will dominate 21st century: press release
May 8: Gujarat:
Child labour in Bt cotton fields
May 6: SC
hearing on GM crop trial ban;OKs trials: TOI;
economictimes;
countercurrents;
May 5: AP--Bt
cotton 2 seed price
May 1: How
safe is Bt cotton for livestock? Frontline
, 2
Apr 17: Andhra
Dalit women win award for film
Apr 16: Campaign
against Bt cotton motivated by Pesticide companies?
Apr 16: Bt
is breakthrough technology
Apr 14: Bid
to make Punjab 'global hub' for cotton
Mar 30: Plan
to fight spurious Bt cotton seeds; here
Mar 21: AP:
toxins in residual Bt cotton?
Mar 14: Punjab-need
to increase cotton yield
Feb 23: TN
bans Monsanto seed sale
Feb 03: Monsanto
cuts rate of Bt cotton seed
Jan 25, 27: Commentary in Pakistan. Daily
Times. The News.
Jan 10: Out-of-court
settlement with Monsanto unlikely
Jan 02: AP
for out-of-court settlement with Monsanto
Jan 05: MRTPC
recommends inquiry against Monsanto
Jan 01: JK
group develops 19 Bt cotton varieties
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2007
Dec 06: Haryana prod 2006: 20.02 lakh quintal vs 2007: 20.50; Acreage
2006: 5.30 lakh ha vs 2007 4.86 (10% in Bt); pdf
Dec 04: Cotton
seed may get essential commodity status here
Dec 02: Gujarat
textile industry and child labour
Nov 12: Textile
industry has not benefitted from cotton prod
Oct 21: Pakistan: expected 14.3 m bales; loss due to mealy bug: 3.1.m bales/1.5
m bales/
Oct 19: Fall
in US cotton production (due to shift to grain) good for India, Bt
cotton farmers smile
Oct 18: Cotton
output expected to be below projections in Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra?
Oct 15: Cotton,
sugar exceed projections?
Oct 07: Pakistan:
cotton
prices
Sep 29: Production
China-7.1; India 5.1; USA 3.8 m tonnes
Sep 27: Indian
cotton for China
Sep 24: Production
expected 33 m bales (cf. 27 m bales 2006)
Sep 21: Bt
cotton 60% of total production (Bt cotton
~58% total acreage...ie not
much more productive?) but a
Reuters report says "With increased adoption of ... Bt cotton, the
average yield rose to 520 kg a hectare
in 2006/07, from 308 kg in 2001/02."
Sep 11: Cotton
prospect good
Sep 10: Kutch
cotton yield high
Sep 4: Cotton
prices slip
Aug 20: Cotton
prices likely to remain stable
Jul 11: Bt2
farmers saved Rs 1600 per ha on pesticides
Jul 03: Global
cotton prices rise
Jun 18: TN--Gap
between supply and demand
Jun 16: Bt
cotton seed to be costlier
Jun 01: Prices
may stay firm despite expected bumper crop
May 12: SC
ruling restarts cotton seed supply
Mar 20: Advanta
India merger with US-BPL bring Bt cotton seed production; here;
Apr
19
Mar 16: Bt
cotton boosts output by 8.3% p.a.
Mar 15: Increased cotton production NDTV;
Feb 20: Cotton
import into Pakistan from India
Jan 18: Bumper
crop unlikely to end cotton growers' woes.
Jan
01: Indian
Biotech (Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw in Fin Express)
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2006
Dec 29: The
rich got richer, the poor took their lives
Nov 29: 100
suicides a month in Vidarbha
Nov 25: What
bumper crop? Yavatmal (Sainath in The Hindu)
Nov 24: Bt
cotton crop 8.6 m acres 2006 (3.2 m in '05)
Nov 23: 222
suicides in Yavatmal (Vidarbha Maharashtra) 2 in neighbouring Adilabad
(AP): how, why?
Nov 20: Increase
in acreage indicates popularity of Bt cotton
Nov 18: Punjab
production 25 to 7 lakh to 28 lakh
Oct 03: Cotton’s
other reality check: Boom may take India past US [here
and here]
Sep 30: All
in a day: six farmers commit suicide
Sep 29: India
eyes bumper cotton crop as harvest begins [here]
Sep 16: Lower
projected crop output this kharif
Sep 11: Showers
in Gujarat may delay cotton arrival
Sep8: Punjab
cotton production expected 27 lakh bales
Sep 7: Maharashtra
cotton
acreage 3m Ha, Bt cotton 1.8 m
Aug 26: One
suicide
every 8 hours--Vidharbha. Hybrid cotton--73% area. Area under Bt
cotton rose from 0.4% in 2002-03 to 15% in
2005-06; 3% cotton land irrigated. Cotton
area declined from 16.12 lakh ha 2001 to 12.18 lakh ha
2005-6. Frontline
article
Aug 23: Maharashtra
floods damage cotton
Aug 15: Heavy
rain, dry spell, more rain
favours bollworm (Kranthi)
Aug 10: Bt
cotton cultivation to double 2007
Aug 7: Bt
cotton under cloud in China, also
here
Jul 27: Pesticide
use increases after some years of Bt cotton culture: China
Jul 18: Bt
cotton and the price blight
Jul 13: Bt
cotton acreage (15%) enhances cotton output
Jul 12: Virus
and necrosis of Bt cotton in AP Jun 6: Farmers
in distress (CSE)
Jun 2: Lower
seed price: Bt cotton acreage may increase
May 26: Delayed
Bt cotton pricing puts farmers in a spot
May 04: Mass
sheep deaths in sheep grazing on Bt cotton?
May 4:Water
scarcity troubles Punjab cotton growers
Apr 18: Growers
may increase long staple cotton DCH-32
Apr 4: Maharashtra
Bt cotton farmers earn 68% lower incomes (YUVA).
Apr 4: Organic
cotton more beneficial than Bt Cotton
Apr 1: Bt
cotton yields 64% more than conventional crop (IMRB market
research)
Mar 29: Seed
war: farmers in cotton trap.
Mar 28: Farmers
told not to buy Bt cotton seed (Andhra).
Mar 21: First
Bt Cotton grown in Pakistan
Mar 10: Organic
cotton in Gujarat
Feb 27: Area
under biotech crops grew fastest in India compared to rest of the world
(Maharashtra, AP, Gujarat)
Feb 27: Monsanto’s
Bt cotton has failed in India:
paign
Feb 23: Bt
cotton acreage up, but production may be down
Feb 21: Bt
cotton at root of woes (MP)
Feb 14: Villagescope
— Reviving the rural economy
Jan 24: Guntur
(AP) farmers keen to continue growing cotton
Jan 22: AP
farmers hit by failed Bt cotton crop
Jan 18:Biotech
"Revolution" May Be Losing Steam (Global)
Jan 14: Failure
of RCH2 in MP, in
AP and
AP
Jan 12:
India plants 1.3 m ha Bt cotton in 2005, greatest
growth
Jan 5: Tamil
Nadu firms to promote cotton farming
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2006
Nov 27: CICR
study, Vidarbha 80% seed non-Bt or mixed
Nov 21: CICR,
Nagpur will soon release Bt cotton soon
Sep 01: Bt
cotton prone to secondary pest attacks
[comment]
Aug 17: 70th
GEAC mtg
Aug 4: Market-ready
microbial pesticide (Bt)
Jul 29: NBRI-JK
Agri Genetics (H'bad) to commercialize Bt cotton
Jul 13: Event
based approval system, GEAC
Jul 10: Inappropriate
cotton vars used for Bt. Centre for Science and Environment
Jul 7: Gujarat
Ag Ministry seeks deregulation of Cry1Ac gene: condone 'desi' Bt cotton
Jul 6: MRTPC
notice to Monsanto: reduce seed price at par with China
Jul: Suman
Sahai on MRTPC ruling
Jun 29: Indigenous
private sector (Metahelix) Bt cotton seeds by 2007
Jun 16: ISAAA
report on approved Bt cotton vars (pdf; includes map)
June 11: Cotton
research institute develops low cost Bt seed detection kit
Jun 10: Cotton
growing states say the Centre should frame guidelines for agreements
between companies with a view to protect farmers and local seed
companies
Jun 8: Biotech
ministers clear proposals to relax norms for biotech sector in Agri and
Medicine
Jun 7:
Nature article
Jun 2: 'Event
based' clearance for GM crops
May 25: Monsanto
cotton hybrids approved by GEAC
[also
here]
May 13: Govt
may introduce its own Bt cotton seed
May 4: BT cotton cuts pesticide use:AZ research (PNAS pdf link)
May 1: GEAC
nod for new Bt cotton, farmers cry foul
May 1: Monsanto
claims Bt cotton benefits
Apr 24: Labelling
rules unjustified
Apr 12: Monsanto's
Bt cotton monopoly ends [also here]
Apr 5: Two
varieties of Bt cotton seed, JKCH-1947 Bt and NCEH-6 Bt,
approved
Apr 4: GEAC
approves two new Bt cotton varieties
Two studies:
2002, 2003 9,000
Bt vs. non-Bt cotton plots in Maharashtra (pdf)
ICRISAT compares infestation
of Bt and non Bt cotton (pdf)
Feb 17: Centre
announces mega projects for Punjab
Feb 14: Seeds
of content - 'Kurnool Bt'
Feb 2: ICAR
grants Rs 3.73 cr to PAU for seed production
Jan 24: Monsanto
to introduce 20 new hybrid cotton seed
Jan
16: India
to monitor field trials of GM crops
Jan 12: AP
agriculture Minister Reddy urges six states to take action against
Mahyco-Monsanto
Jan 12: GEAC
meeting to review field trials
Jan 5: Bollgard
II in Kharif 2006
Jan: MEC
panel alleges safety violation
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2006
Dec 08: MRTPC
directs Monsanto to reply within 4 weeks [here]
Dec 05: Biotech
crops a boon (TOI):
Dec 04: No
plans to ban Bt cotton, Minister Bhuria
Nov 20: GM crops
Nov 18: After
killer cotton, killer brinjal?
Nov 16: MRTPC
asks AP govt to clarify - response to Monsanto-MMBL split
Nov 10: GM RICE BURNT
Nov 09: AP
Govt seeks say in field trials
Nov 05: Modified
food
for thought
Nov 02: Bt
cotton film:
fest on enviromental issues
Oct 28: 'Legalise
swadeshi Bt cotton to abate crisis'
Oct 28: Boon
and bane
Oct 08: Monsanto:
MRTPC orders another proble
Oct 07: Benefit
of doubt: SC ban
Oct 03: 'Kerala
needs to wake up to the dangers of GE crops'
Sep
9: Relief
packet is a bureaucratic sham: Sainath
Sep 6: SC
notice to 3 states on trait value
Sep 4: Ignore
US threat: label
Aug 30: Monsanto
moves SC: TN, Karnataka directive
Aug 28: US
opposes India initiative on GM food label
Aug
26: VC of TN Agri Univ. advocates
modern technology in cotton cult.
Aug 23: Call for
scientists to speak out on Bt cotton
Aug 16: Govt
should not fix cotton seed price {CropLife)
Aug
13: India
drowning in Pesticides: Vandana Shiva
Jul 25: Bt
cotton: Good [story from CropLife]
Jul 12: GEAC
meeting attendees include Walmart and Monsanto
Jul 8: MRTPC
chairman rules Mahyco-Monsanto should follow price control ruling
pending Supreme Court ruling
Jul 2: MRTPC
ruling may bring down cotton prices, further causing distress in
Vidarbha
[Free seeds advised, coupled with
proper extension advise; but see story
on Nov 23)
Jun
26: AP
files contempt application against Mahyco at MRTPC
Jun 26: MD
Monsanto on Crop Biotechnology
Jun 26: Bt
in food plants: long commentary
Jun 19: USDA/FAS
GAIN report on Bt cotton situation in India
Jun 10: Rajya
Raitha Sangha to burn Bt cotton fields
Jun 10: 8
states join AP to sue MNC seed
Jun 12: Lessons
India can learn from China (Indian Seed Industry Assn)
Jun 6: Supreme
Court rejects Monsanto plea for Bt cotton price hike
May 22: AP
Govt issued notice on Monsanto plea [also
here]
May 16: Monsanto
challenges MRTPC order in Supreme Court
May 13: AICBA
terms MRTPC ruling inappropriate
[also
here]
May 11: MRTPC
directs Mahyco not to charge Rs 950 trait value for Bt cotton
May 2: MRTPC
reserves order against Monsanto (NDTV)
Apr 27: AP-Monsanto
battle hots up
Apr 25: AP
Guntur set to become a textile hub
Apr 22: Monsanto,
AP govt cross swords over royalty
Apr 21: Nuziveedu
Seeds accuses Monsanto of forcing it to charge high price for Bt cotton
seed
Apr 19: Andhra
cotton farmers seek action against Monsanto,
Monsanto
facing ban
Apr 10: Monopolist
Monsanto indicted, Business
Std, Economic
Times, NDTV,
Apr 6: US
ambassador Mulford asks Gujarat CM Modi to curb illegal Bt cotton trade
Mar 27: Loopholes
in testing transgenics
(IBNlive.com)
Mar 8: Monsanto
seeks removal of its name from Bt dispute
Mar
6: Maharashtra:
special aid for affected BT cotton growers
Mar 3,4: Bt
cotton and farmer
suicides: Public
interest
litigation (PIL) alleges ruin of farmers due to failure of
government-promoted Bt cotton seeds. Farmers'
friend in High Court.
Feb 15: Walkout
over low yield from Bt cotton by opposition in Madhya Pradesh assembly
Feb
1: Activists
outraged at Indian welcome to Monsanto chief
Jan
29: Monsanto
gets notice over exorbitant royalty
Jan
23: Gujarat
seeks reduction in Monsanto seed price, Monsanto
meets more worries from Gujarat, Gujarat
to take up Bt cotton seed prices with Monsanto
Jan 11: Seed
firm castigated for low price paid to seed farmers (AP)
Jan 7: AP
govt seeks farmer compensation for failed seed; 1;
2
Jan 4: Seed
companies should give insurance to ryots: MSS
|
2006
Dec 28: Cotton
output record 25m bales
Dec 08: Police
firing at Wani APMC (Vidarbha)-
farmer dies. Procurement slow
because of huge off-take of cotton
and inadequate staff of the marketing federation, sub-divisional
officer NS Fulzele said. [Hindu;
Express;
[Problematic
pricing process Sainath]
Nov
24: Huge
cotton stocks at Haveri APMC yard (Karnataka)
Nov 22: Cotton
prices depressed--until Jan.
Nov 15: Kiran-Mazumdar-Shaw
in biotech in India
Nov 09: Background
note on textiles sector [Ministry of Textiles]
Oct
12: Bt
cotton usage to add Rs 7K crore to rural economy [here
and here]
Oct 02: South
India Mills Association: new strategy to increase cotton output to 35m
bales
Aug
22: Monsanto
anxious over pricing of Bt cottonseed
Aug 26: Cotton
exports forecast 42.5 lakh bales
Aug
14: Surge
in exports: India to China
Jul 11: 2006-7
production forecast 25 m bales [here
here
and here}
Jul 10: GM
seed prices should be decided by market
Jun 12: Pesticide
sales down (Rs. 38-40 m to Rs. 35 m)
Jun 12: Bt
acreage up, but no significant fall in pesticide; small fall due to
tains)
Jun 4: MP
Govt reduces price of Bt cotton seed
Jun 1: State
Govts (AP, Maharashtra, Gujarat) fix price of Bt cotton seed at Rs 750
per 450 gm [also
here]
May 25: Cotton
Advisory Board estimates 260% increase in cotton exports
May 18: Reduction
in cotton seed prices: Confederation of India Industry (CCI) for,
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) against
May 16: Indian
2006-7 cotton production 24 m bales: USDA
Apr 8: India's
cotton requirement to increase to 32 m bales by 2010: CICR
Apr 7: Gujarat cotton output to reach 85 lakh bales
Mar 30: Bt
cotton seed prices slashed
Mar 26: Rallis
India: Spillover effect from good
monsoon
Mar 17: VAT
on Bt cotton seeds abolished in Punjab
Mar 14: Telugu
Yuvatha demand CCI purchase entire cotton stock
Mar 10: Nuziveedu,
Dupont ink deal on Bt cotton
Mar 6:
Monsanto forced to reduce seed prices, Still
higher than in US
Feb 27: Steady
world demand for cotton keeps prices afloat
Feb 24: Cheaper
textile goods driving demand for cotton
Feb 23: Bt
cotton increases yield and income (UK based PG Economics)
Feb 21: Cotton
prices crash
Feb 15: Incentives
in region worries (Pak) textile millers
Feb 14: Cotton
prices falling (Global)
Feb 8:..queries
on GM foods and BT cotton in seminar on EU
Feb 6: Rallis
to market Nuziveedu`s Bt hybrids
Feb 2: "We
don't believe in process labelling" (US Agr official)
Jan: In
defence of Bt cotton (editorial)
Jan 24: With
240-mn bales production, cotton growers seek export sops
Jan 22: Spinning
into prosperity
Jan 10: Pesticide
sales down due to rain and Bt cotton?
Jan 9: Export
expected upto 16.2 million bales
Jan 5: Low
cotton prices |
2005
Global
Production
Dec 21: Demand
up for Bt seed
Dec: Bt
for better times? (Punjab)
Dec 2: Bt
cotton acreage 2,30,000 acres (2003) to 12,13,359 acres (2004)
Nov: AP Guntur: Report
[pdf]
Nov 30: Bt
cotton succumbs to boll weevil: Vidharbha, Maharashtra
Nov: Centre
admits failure of cotton in AP and Rajasthan ; and
here
Nov 25: Failure
of Bt cotton in AP
Nov 25: Failure
of Bt cotton (wilt) turns down farmers' hopes in MP
Nov 23: GM
takes off in poor economies
Nov 20: Gujarat--8X
increased cotton-'swadeshi' Bt seeds;
state seeing second
white revolution
Nov 11: Bt
seeds fail to germinate in TN; but
look here
Nov 8: Cotton
production rises 330 kg per hectare to 440 kg per hectare;
Increase
due to Bt cotton.
Oct 31: Cotton
wilt in MP
Oct 25: Transgenic
cotton seeds seen as a tool to improve lower yields
Oct 23: Larger
cotton crop expected
Oct 18: Punjab
farm suicide
Oct 15: Seed
companies refute charges of foul practise
Oct 14: Gujarat
set for bumper crop season; Bt
cotton price Rs 17,000-17,500 per
bale (cf. Rs 16,500 for same var. in 2004).
Oct 5: Bt
cotton cult to grow to 18-25 %
Oct 2: Punjab set for record cotton
production
Sep: Bt
Cotton woes
Aug 5: Organic
Cotton
Beats Bt
Cotton in India
Jun 23: When,
and what to sow?
May 25: Bt
cotton varieties available
May on: Series
of articles
on agriculture in
Vidharbha, Maharashtra (Sainath)
Apr 20: AP--TWN report
Mar 24: Bt
cotton part of increased cotton yield
Feb 21; Bumper
cotton crop : Is it a Bt magic?
Feb 12: Contract
farming, Tirupur
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Dec 27: Extra
Long Staple Bt cotton to be promoted in S. India
Dec 20: Bt
cotton introduced in haste
Nov
26: Final
trials for new better Bt cotton - CRY1AC, CRY2AB (Monsanto)
Oct 14: Perception
of Bt cotton in Gujarat (survey of 17
respondents in
cotton industry, late 2004)
Oct 14: GEAC
goes slow on approval of Bt cotton varieties because Cry 1Ac
protein expression may be variable
Sep 29: GEAC’s
Bt crop approval challenged
Sep 29: CICR
varieties released
Sep 14: Sucking
pests endanger bt cotton crop
Jul 25: Kranthi paper on variable
expression
of Cry 1Ac in Bt cotton
Jun 11: ‘No
Difference Between Bt, Non-Bt Cotton Output’ (Andhra)
May 26: Nuziveedu
Seeds unveils Bunny, Mallika hybrid Bt varieties
May 7: GEAC
defers final decision on extending Mahyco Bt cotton approval
May 2: Bt
cotton affected by fungal diseases: ICAR All India Coordinated Project
Apr 14: Survey
Shows Lower Bt Cotton Yield Against Normal Variety In AP
Apr 13: Non-Monsanto
Bt cotton
Mar
18: Three-year
study conducted by the Gene Campaign has rated the
performance of Bt cotton hybrids as poor. The varieties have been
developed by Mahyco in collaboration with Monsanto.
Mar 4: Report
slams Bt cotton: * Shows it gave poor yields in AP , * GEAC decision
today
Feb
23: Bt
cotton growers invested 690% more toward pest management (Andhra)
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2005
Dec 28: AP
govt to challenge exhorbitant Bt seed costs
Dec
9: Rajya
Sabha Q on Bt failure
Nov
24: Governor
asks MP govt to probe failure of Bt cotton
Nov 19 Bt
firms pulled up for unethical sales (NCF)
Nov 16: Gene
campaign calls for action against seed fraud
Nov 11: Monsanto
worried-fake Bt cotton seeds (Gujarat); Uncerified
seeds
Nov
2: Greenpeace
sues Monsanto for misleading advertisement
Oct 17: Bill
to stop sale of fake seeds soon
Oct 17: 60% of Bt
cotton in Punjab unauthorized
Sep
29: Dealers
make a fortune selling spurious Bt cotton seeds
Sep 24: Farm
bodies seek ban on Bt cotton cultivation
Sep 23: Seed
company practises questionable, say NGO's
Sep 23: Farm
bodies seek ban on Bt cotton cultivation due to failure in Andhra
Pradesh
Sep
22: CSOs
report foul practices in Bt cotton sales
Jun 4: Angry
Andhra uproots Monsanto
May
21: GEAC
tightens norms for Bt cotton approva
May 17: States
Directed To Prevent Sales Of Unapproved Seeds
May 9: ‘Seize
illegal biotech cotton seeds’: Farmers
May 5: Confusing
GEAC decisions
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2005
Dec 30: Bumper
crop, high price:
Gujarat, Maharashtra
Dec 5: Documentary
on Bt cotton, positive
outlook
Dec 2: Gujarat
farmers lament poor price for cotton
Nov 27: Concern
over low returns to cotton growers
Nov 22: Made-in-China apparel sold
in some of the biggest retail chains in the US, in the summer of ’07,
may have their thread
running to Gujarat
Nov
9: Low
cottonseed procurement price spawns child labour (AP)
Farmer's
price: Rs 293 per kg;
Seed
companies: non-Bt cotton hybrids Rs 1,055 per kg; Bt cotton
hybrids Rs 3,555 per kg
Oct
31: Indian
cotton coming strong
Oct 30: Monsanto
India profits
Oct 19: Punjab
CM seeks policy change to prevent
distress sales
Oct 18: NCF
calls for viable marketing network
Oct 17: National
Commission for Farmers (NCF) visits Punjab; takes note of the
"price difference that the cotton growers of the state are facing this
season."
Oct 4: Dumping
duty on US cotton import sought
Sep 27: Heavy
arrivals bring down cotton prices
in North
Jul 2: US
growers subsidising Bt cotton in India?
Jun 30: As
you sow, so shall you weep
May 5: Global
cotton prices may increase — Change in demand-supply scenario
Apr 4: Three
pvt mills all set for contract farming of cotton in TN
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2004
Nov 29: Area
under Bt cotton 1.3 ha (Monsanto)
Oct 5: Bt
Cotton crop likely to create problem of plenty in AP
Sep 28: Rise
in Bt cotton area key to record output
May 12: Demand
For Bt Cotton Takes Root: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan
May 10: Bt
cotton results mixed
Jan 13: Area
under Bt cotton 2002-3 38,000 ha (0.5%); 2003-2004:92,000 ha
REPORT
ON 2001-3 Cro
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2004
Jul 20: Nuziveedu
Gets GEAC Nod For Cotton Hybrid Trials
Jun 28: India
Develops New Pest-resistant Cotton Varieties
Jun 21: Raasi
Seeds Sees Brisk Demand For Genetically-modified Cotton Seeds
Jun 16: GEAC:
No approval for RCH 2 Bt cotton developed by Rasi Seeds Company Ltd.
Jun 7: Biotech
Bandwagon: Finally, a national policy on the anvil
May 3: Experts
Flay Swaminathan Panel Recommendations On GM Crops
May 3: What
should be the future orientation of Indian agriculture: towards organic
farming or transgenic crops cultivation?
Feb 11: Bt
Cotton Benefits Short-lived: Study
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2004
May 17: More
Biotech Cotton Seeds Okayed For Field Trials, Commercial Cultivation
May 6: Divergent
views on Bt cotton benefits to farmers (AP)
Apr 14: Bt
cotton scam (Gujarat)
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2004
Oct 5: Low
global cotton prices may affect domestic growers
Apr 7: Rasi
Seeds to sell 3 lakh Bt cotton packets
Jan 14: Gujarat
Asked To Control Spurious BT Cotton Seeds
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2003
Nov 21: Bt
cotton area triples
Aug: Clandestine
Bt seeds contribute to increased
pink bollworm incidence?
July: Report
on Bt cotton failure in AP and Maharashtra
Report
by AP govt. on crop failure sent to GEAC
Apr 18: Farmers'
loss in Karnataka
Apr 14: Survey
Shows Lower Bt Cotton Yield Against Normal Variety In AP
Mar: Andhra
Pradesh government to compensate
farmers for losses; Greenpeace
demands Monsanto compensation
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2003
Nov 27: No
separate system yet for Bt cotton sale
Oct 22: The
Regulator’s Agenda: Benefit from global GM best practices
May 23: GEAC
threatens future of GM technology
Apr 14: One
season of harvest of Bt cotton in India is over, except in Tamil Nadu
where the harvesting is yet to be completed.
April: Bt
MECH-915 (Monsanto var.) rejected for sowing in N. India by GEAC
because of
susceptibility to virus. Problems
of cotton cultivation in N. India.
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2003
Jul 3:GEAC:
mis-regulation?
Jun 14: Unofficial
Bt cotton blooms in Gujarat — State Govt expresses `inability' to
control the menace
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2003
Jun 17: Monsanto
turning into gene supplier
Apr 24: Mahyco
Monsanto Claims Farmers Earned Extra On Bt Cotton Farming
Jan: Mills
question monopoly on Bt cotton
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2002
Dec: Mixed success
of Bt cotton;
Failure of crops
in Andhra Pradesh
May: Andhra Pradesh farmers warned
against rushing into Bt cotton
March: Suicide by
cotton farmers in Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh
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2002
Dec 9: Economists’
Report Card On Bt Cotton
Sep: Monsanto
and Mahyco in joint venture to sell Bt cotton seeds (MMBL)
May: Tamil
Nadu: Rasi,
textile-seed company, given DBT nod for field trials
Mar 19: Scientist
resent bid to push Bt cotton before trials
Mar: Bt
cotton seeds approved for commercial sale
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2002
Apr 23: Bt-less
Farming: Punjab, Haryana
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2002
July: Bt gene
sub-licensed to more
seed companies
April: Bt
gene sub-licensed to 3
seed companies
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2001
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2001
Delay
in approval of seed for commercial cultivation
Clandestine sales of Bt cotton seeds by
Navbharat seeds (Gujarat)
First
large scale trials by Mahyco
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2001
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2001
Gujarat state government wants to prosecute
Navbharat
seeds for transgression
of Environment act, but not require separation of Bt and non-Bt
cotton lint
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2000
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2000 May:
Large scale trials by Mahyco approved
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1999
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1999 Ban
on field trials rescinded
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1998 Mahyco field trials
publicized; field trials burnt by agitated farmers (see an
analysis of the lead up to these events here or here)
1997,1998 Nov-Dec: Crop
failure, indebtedness, farmer suicides1,2,3,
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1998 Nov: Field trials
banned in Karnataka
June: Bt cotton field trials start
1996-98 Bollgard cotton
back crossed into Indian varieties
1996 Maharashtra Hybrid
Seed Company
(Mahyco) given permission to import and test Bt cotton seeds
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1998 Monsanto
acquires 26% shares in Mahyco
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Hybrid cotton
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1990
Monsanto refused permission to test Bt cotton in India
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1980's Cotton extended
into non-traditional areas17
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Sengupta, S. 1999. Cotton:
the Death Harvest. Health for the Millions, New Delhi.
Sharma, D. 1999. Farmer
suicides: the pest in pesticides. Business Line.
August 24
Shiva, V., Emani, A., and Jafri,
A. H. 1999. Globalisation and threat to seed security: case of
transgenic
cotton trials in India. Economic and Political Weekly. Mar 6:
601-613.
Sridhar, V. 1998. Lessons from a
tragedy. Frontline, Sep 12.
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Nair, K.P. P. Bt cotton:
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