While Bt in straight varieties of cotton addresses the issues of seed costs for the future, it does not negate Monsanto's prior violations, nor is it any different from Monsanto's Bt when it comes to ...

Judges will have to proffer a patent interpretation that bodes well for the future of innovation, ... News / Analysis / The Monsanto BT cotton case is not over yet . See Less. SHARE THIS ARTICLE ...

The adult male farmers who planted Bt cotton got 704 of these calories per day, while those who planted regular cotton consumed 639 such calories. That amounts to a 10% advantage for farmers using ...

While the Bt technology initially solved the bollworm problems, outbreaks of secondary pests not controlled by the Bt toxins began to occur, again increasing insecticide use in Bt cotton that by ...

A study of GMO cotton varieties shows they disrupt an important beneficial soil fungus, writes Eva Sirinathsinghji, apparently due to the Bt insecticide they are engineered to express. Disruption ...

Nagaland does not need Bt cotton to build a thriving cotton economy. It already has the building blocks—it just needs the vision and support to scale them. Furthermore, the state government should ...

In a new twist to the debate on Bt cotton seeds and genetically modified technology, the Delhi high court has ruled that plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented under Indian law. As a ...

Then farmers tried a new method to combat the insects: planting genetically modified cotton, called Bt cotton, that is toxic to pink bollworms. Now, over a decade later, the pink bollworm is gone.

The case for Bt cotton is clear in the eyes of Arnold Burruel, a farmer operating in Pima County. “Before GMOs, we would spray our cotton crops up to 14 times a year to battle the pink bollworm ...

Kenya’s cotton sector is generally characterised by about 140,000 smallholder farmers, with a low average yield of 0. Cotton is mainly grown for its fibre, ...

Of 1,000 acres, 80 percent is genetically modified (GM) Bt, Roundup Ready cotton. Regulators mandate that at least 20 percent of acreage is planted with conventional cotton to help prevent insects ...

When Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta visited the city of Eldoret in June, he gave those of us who live here a great sense of hope about the future of farming, science, and technology. Two months ...