Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Biotechnology
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A makeover for the world's most hated crop
<p>Oil palm has a reputation as an environmental menace. Can the latest genetic research change that?</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/a-makeover-for-the-world-s-most-hated-crop-1.21634"
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A critique on the paper ‘Agricultural biotechnology and crop productivity: macro-level evidences on contribution of Bt cotton in India’
<p>This paper is a critique of Srivastava and Kolady1 who reported a macro analysis of the benefits of Bt cotton in India using state wide average data. The analysis is in error with respect to the economic
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Anti-obesity nutraceutical developed from seaweeds
The Kochi-headquartered Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has developed an anti-obesity nutraceutical from seaweeds. The product named CadalminTM Antihypercholesterolemic extract is
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Transgenic crops: hazards and uncertainties
New review from Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development highlights hazards and uncertainties of GM crops. The Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) has published an important new book: “Transgenic
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Herbicide resistant crops: the truth about the world’s most widely grown engineered plants
In the article Herbicide Resistant Crops: The Truth About the World’s Most Widely Grown Engineered Plants, debunks the agrochemical industry’s claims that genetically modified (GM) crops are the solution
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Innovative farming and forestry across the emerging world: the role of genetically modified crops and trees
This book makes the “business case” for the role of biotechnology innovations for sustainable development in emerging and developing economies. It seeks to support the factual debate on biosciences and
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State to approach Centre against GM mustard
The state government is set to write to the Centre against Genetic Engineering Approval Committee's (GEAC) plan to approve genetically modified (GM) mustard. This comes in the wake of stiff opposition
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Release full biosafety data on GM mustard: activists
More than 90 non-government outfits and some prominent citizens associated with civil society movements are among the signatories. Reuters file photo Non-government organisations on Thursday wrote to
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'Biofuel can be alternative to fossil fuel'
TRICHY: Biofuel made from microalgae can prove to be an alternative to conventional fossil fuels, said experts participating in the international conference, titled 'Microalgal and Cyanobacterial biotechnology
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Assessment of food and environmental safety (AFES) for environmental release of genetically engineered mustard hybird DMH-11 and use of parental events for development of new generation hybirds
Assessment of food and environmental safety (AFES) for environmental release of genetically engineered mustard hybird DMH-11 and use of parental events for development of new generation hybirds