April 2007
Apr 17,The Financial Express	Bt is the breakthrough technology India needs a positive step forward as the production of food grains and oilseeds has been declining or then remained the same. Oilseed harvest was 24 million tonne less, pulses was 15 mt less while wheat remained at 17 mt and rice at 85-90 mt. Mayee, chairman of the Agricultural Science Recruitment Board, New Delhi said that biotechnology can help in bringing about a second green revolution in India. With Bt, which is just a part of biotechnology, cotton output in 2002 increased from 14,000,000 bales to 27,000,000 bales at present. Media can throw light on this technology and inform about the advantages. More than 3800,000 hectares under cotton shows that biotechnology has been accepted.
Apr 08,India eNews	Insect-tolerant brinjal, rice crops in India soon As soon as scientists at Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd (Mahyco) develop the genetic technology for growing insect-tolerant brinjals and rice, India will start its cultivation. The technology will help in providing quality food at better rates. After China, India has developed insect-tolerant crops to get rid of pesticides. Studies by Mahyco are positive about this technology. Mahyco does research, production, processing and marketing of 115 products in 30 crop species. Trials for growing the rice on about 44 million hectares in India and the bio-safety package are close to completion.