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Policymakers face a delicate task of ensuring food security and farmer welfare while maintaining public trust and ecological integrity

December 6, 2025 06:30 IST

Seeds of change

While India is still debating the scope of GM crop cultivation, it can’t ignore the global momentum

December 5, 2025 10:07 IST

India Considers Non-GM Soybean & Corn Imports from US in Proposed Mini Trade Deal. (Image Source: Reuters)

India may have agreed to import non-GM soybean & corn from US: Niti Aayog member

India is reportedly considering importing non-genetically modified (GM) soybean and corn from the US as part of an impending mini…

July 9, 2025 21:40 IST

India-US trade talks heat up as India pushes back on GM crop demands

One major disagreement between the two countries lies in the fact that the US is asking India to open its…

June 30, 2025 07:11 IST

How genome-edited crops will boost yields

India has developed the world’s first genome-edited rice varieties, DRR Rice 100 (Kamala) for increased grain yield and early maturity,…

Updated: May 7, 2025 22:54 IST

NITI Aayog's Ramesh Chand advocates for GM crops. (Image Source: Reuters)

How GM crops can help India reduce its edible oil imports

NITI Aayog’s Ramesh Chand advocates for GM crops to achieve edible oil self-sufficiency, especially GM soybean to potentially triple yields,…

April 29, 2025 20:56 IST

Interview | ‘To ensure Bt cotton tech is agile, responds to smallholders’ concerns’

“For every trait we bring into the country, we need to apply for regulation. Right now we are very focused on…

May 3, 2023 06:15 IST

GM mustard sown in 6 field trial plots days before top court took up plea against it

The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), a regulatory body of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, had…

Updated: November 14, 2022 15:14 IST

Commercial cultivation of GM mustard in 3 years: Scientists

According to Trilochan Mohapatra, president, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), the agriculture ministry, through Indian Council for Agricultural Research…

Updated: November 1, 2022 07:38 IST

Ex-agriculture minister Sharad Pawar bats for GM crops to improve food security

Delivering the Annasaheb Shinde Centenary Memorial lecture here on Wednesday, Pawar said even European nations, which were “vehemently opposed” to…

Updated: July 28, 2022 09:53 IST

According to KC Bansal, former director, National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources, the conventional breeding technique takes 8–10 years for development of new agricultural crop varieties, while through genome-editing, the new varieties could be developed in two to three years. (Representative image)

Govt notifies biosafety guidelines for genome edited plants

Scientists say that genome-edited plants are different from genetically-modified organisms (GMO) technology. Genome editing is a group of technologies that…

May 18, 2022 06:00 IST

Bayer plans to tap India for high-yielding vegetable seeds

“Large focus for us at Bayer in India, from a base research and development perspective, is really to bring tailored…

May 11, 2022 08:35 IST

Easing of genome-edited crop regulations expected to accelerate genetic improvement

According to KC Bansal, former director, National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources, the conventional breeding technique takes 8–10 years for…

April 1, 2022 01:12 IST