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2007-06-07 | permalink
Opportunity for Indian rice exporter
The sustained and no-holds-barred campaign by Indian farmers against the ”backdoor and sly” move to introduce the genetically modified GM rice variety into the country, has resulted in the farmers in parts of Haryana and Tamil Nadu destroying the trial plots of GM rice. These experimental rice fields were being monitored by the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco) on behalf of the American agro-business outfit Monsanto.
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2007-06-07 | permalink
Opportunity for Indian rice exporter
The sustained and no-holds-barred campaign by Indian farmers against the ”backdoor and sly” move to introduce the genetically modified GM rice variety into the country, has resulted in the farmers in parts of Haryana and Tamil Nadu destroying the trial plots of GM rice. These experimental rice fields were being monitored by the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco) on behalf of the American agro-business outfit Monsanto.
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