Genetically Modified Rice
GMOs are NOT NEEDED
Farmers say No to Genetic Engineering in Rice: Stop it
Introduction
The effort to introduce genetic engineering in agriculture, particularly in rice is resisted by farmers. There are many genuine grounds to resist gene manipulation in rice. At a simple level farming community argued against the aggressive introduction of genetic engineering by saying ‘it is not needed’. The
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India halts, Bangladesh moves ahead?
On 10th February, 2010 the State Minister for Science Yeafesh Osman tabled the “National Institute of Biotechnology Bill-2010″ in the National Parliament in Bangladesh. (http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=153348&cid=2). The National Institute of Biotechnology is going to be an authority to set standards for highly controversial genetically modified (GM) foods and crops in Bangladesh. Four other bills seeking to enact laws for growth and development of hi-tech based industries in a “planned way and innovation of sustainabl
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