Last month, genetically modified brinjal was found in a farm in Haryana. While the government insists that this is a one-off case, activists wonder how widespread the problem could be. The spotlight is back on an old debate, reports Vikas Vasudeva
Braving the stifling June heat, Ishar Saini is busy preparing his half-acre field to sow the season’s kharif crop. Ishar has unwittingly been in the limelight in Haryana for over a month, ever since genetically modified brinjal, the cultivation of which is illegal in India, was found planted on his rented farm. Saini was forced to destroy the crop in the presence of local officials and activists in Nathwan village, Fatehabad district. What remains a mystery is the source of the seeds of the transgenic variety.
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-mysterious-case-of-gm-brinjal-cultivation/article27943344.ece
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Last month, genetically modified brinjal was found in a farm in Haryana. While the government insists that this is a one-off case, activists wonder how widespread the problem could be. The spotlight is back on an old debate, reports Vikas Vasudeva Braving the stifling June heat, Ishar Saini is busy preparing his half-acre field to sow the season’s kharif crop. Ishar has unwittingly been in the limelight in Haryana for over a month, ever since genetically modified brinjal, the cultivation of which is illegal in India, was found planted on his rented farm. Saini was forced to destroy the crop in the presence of local officials and activists in Nathwan village, Fatehabad district. What remains a mystery is the source of the seeds of the transgenic variety. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-mysterious-case-of-gm-brinjal-cultivation/article27943344.ece
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