2016

The political establishment will still have to give final approvals amid widespread public opposition to the technology

Monsanto objects to a government proposal that would force it to share its technology with local seed companies

Govt hopes new guidelines will help in lessening acrimonious debates between stakeholders

It’s by design. Edward R. Murrow warned, “A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” And while it might be at first a tad difficult to imagine that that delightful anchor or reporter is a cog in the misinformation wheel. Media propel war and justify murder and destruction. They ask no questions and repeat rather than report.

Claiming patents on seed and patents on life is equivalent to claiming destruction as creation, ignorance as innovation, writes Vandana Shiva

(ZHE) In the world of hedge funds, few have achieved as much consistent success and profitable returns as Jim Simon’s Renaissance Technologies, the multi-billion fund which unleashed and popularized quant investing, and whose legendary “Medallion” fund, run mostly for fund employees, has been the object of LP lust for years.

Farmer representatives have urged the Odisha state government to write to the central government to protest against the approval of GM mustard in the country

US Right to Know is asking for correspondence between 10 UC Davis professors and businesses in the agrochemical industry

Shares in Swiss agribusiness group Syngenta have risen 12% after its takeover by ChemChina was given the go-ahead by a US regulator

BBC covers the public health crisis in Argentina linked to the herbicides sprayed on GM soy