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 The Times 
India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists' warnings
Mon 8 Feb 2010
India will decide tomorrow whether to approve its first genetically modified (GM) food crop. It is a move that supporters argue will help to avert a global food crisis but which critics say is being... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Onion - Crop - Farming - Agriculture
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 DNA India 
BJP govt in MP says no to GM crops, promotes organic farming
Sun 7 Feb 2010
Indore: Three days before the Centre's possible announcement over its decision on Bt Brinjal, Madhya Pradesh agriculture development minister Ramkrishna Kusumaria today reiterated that genetically... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Local people from Pakistan's troubled areas of Mingora and Buner in the Swat valley, queue for food in a camp set up for people who fled from fighting between Taliban militants and government security forces, in Mardan near Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.  The Hindu  Sun 7 Feb 2010
'Big companies are increasing hunger'
Special Correspondent Programme of distributing monthly ration to the poor launched... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
Food   Hunger   Photos   Security   World
NCI Visuals Food Hamburger  The Times  Sat 6 Feb 2010
Why Food Inc should make us all retch
A two-year-old boy called Kevin ate a hamburger on holiday with his family. Ten days later he died, his organs overwhelmed by a mutant form of the E coli bacterium found mostly in feed lots or... (photo: public domain. / )
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Rice Farm - Agriculture - Farming The Times of India Sat 6 Feb 2010
Controversial GM rice gets green lights in China
China has given the green lights to the controversial genetically modified rice after they are put through a process of production trails and made suitable for wider... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Agriculture   China   Grain   Photos   Rice
Rice paddies-agriculture-farming China Daily Sat 6 Feb 2010
Experts: GM food unsafe? No evidence yet
BEIJING: Chinese food and agricultural experts said no evidence has proved genetically-modified crops are unsafe for people and the environment. Huang Dafang, director of... (photo: WN / Jelly Clam)
Agriculture   China   Food   Health   Photos
The Minister of State for Environment (Independent Charge),Jairam Ramesh- India- Politics Zeenews Sat 6 Feb 2010
Ramesh loses cool at Bt Brinjal meet

Bangalore: Chaos, anger, repartees and some scientific reasoning marked the seventh public hearing on Bt Brinjal here on Saturday with Union Environment Minister Jairam... (photo: PIB of India)
Environment   India   News   Photos   Science
The Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge), Shri Jairam Ramesh addressing at the release of the Climate Change Agenda of Delhi 2009-2012, in New Delhi on November 05, 2009. DNA India Sat 6 Feb 2010
Jairam Ramesh loses cool as Bt Brinjal consultation generates heat
Bangalore: Chaos, anger, repartees and some scientific reasoning marked the seventh public hearing on Bt Brinjal here today with Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh... (photo: PIB of India)
Bangalore   Environment   India   Photos   Politics
Vegetables -  Food - Health The Times of India Sat 6 Feb 2010
GM foods: How safe are they?
What are GM and Bt foods? GM stands for genetically modified. Plants of certain crops like soyabean, corn, cotton, sugar-beet and many others can be tweaked by scientists... (photo: WN / sweet)
Corn   Crops   Foods   Photos   Scientists
Rice  -  Crop  -  Staple Food  -  Farming  -  Agriculture China Daily Sat 6 Feb 2010
GM food unsafe? No evidence yet: Chinese experts

Chinese food and agricultural experts said no evidence has proved genetically-modified crops are unsafe for people and the environment. Huang Dafang, director of... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Agriculture   China   Crops   GMO   Photos


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