jitendershooda
October 21st, 2009, 01:24 PM
These days one word 'GM - Genetic Modified' is in news. This is regarding Genetically midified crops. We have Bt - cotton as genetically modified approved crop in India and heard/read about a lot of negatives of the same. Also some say it increased the yield many a times.
Now they are doing it for Brinjal
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-panel-clears-bt-brinjal-for-entry-as-first-gm-food/529241/
"When the Bt protein is engineered into a plant, that plant produces the toxin internally in grain and other plant tissue."
"Genetic-modification technologies just treat the symptoms rather than dealing with the causes" - Hans Herren
In india it is recognised and you know the situation here. I suspect if they have gone into some kind of deep study for the same.
What do you think - Are these GM crops safe? If not then what are the issues with them and drawbacks.
or
It is just another arrow of govt. backed big giants to fool the farmers around and take away lots of money out of indian markets. Like they did during green revolution .... fertilizer companies, pesticides etc. Last year itself the fertiliser subsidy was 1.2 lakh crores, next only to defence expenditure.
Now they are doing it for Brinjal
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-panel-clears-bt-brinjal-for-entry-as-first-gm-food/529241/
"When the Bt protein is engineered into a plant, that plant produces the toxin internally in grain and other plant tissue."
"Genetic-modification technologies just treat the symptoms rather than dealing with the causes" - Hans Herren
In india it is recognised and you know the situation here. I suspect if they have gone into some kind of deep study for the same.
What do you think - Are these GM crops safe? If not then what are the issues with them and drawbacks.
or
It is just another arrow of govt. backed big giants to fool the farmers around and take away lots of money out of indian markets. Like they did during green revolution .... fertilizer companies, pesticides etc. Last year itself the fertiliser subsidy was 1.2 lakh crores, next only to defence expenditure.