News Archive
Local News:
- December 19, 2008:Transgenic crops technique can raise yield.
- December 15, 2008: BT cotton technology: cost and benefits.
- December 8, 2008: Bio-diesel nurseries set up at Keti Bander.
- December 6, 2008: US agriculture company, Monsanto keen to introduce Bt cotton seed in Pakistan to improve yield.
- November 22, 2008: BT cotton technology: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif greeted for signing accord with China.
- November 22, 2008: Pakistan to sign Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety convention.
- November 20, 2008: Pakistan - Using BT cotton to save Rs. 9,000 per acre
- November 8, 2008: China to help agri sector in research, technical areas.
- November 4, 2008: MINFAL & Monsanto jointly propose new Bt Cotton Technology in Pakistan.
- November 3, 2008: University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) to build technology park .
- October 29, 2008:Government of pakistan urged to ban import of hazardous seeds .
- October 24, 2008: Bt cotton : Govt of Pakistan, Monsanto likely to finalise accord in November.
- October 23, 2008: Cotton / Bt cotton Crop 2008 - 2009 on achieving target in Pakistan.
- October 20, 2008: Pakistani agro company introduces new variety of cotton, "BT-A One".
- October 18, 2008: Copyrights for seeds/ Bt seed only way to achieve cotton target.
- October 17, 2008: Changing Bt cotton landscape in the country.
- September 25, 2008: Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad develops UG99 resistant wheat variety.
- September 22, 2008: Crop target missed.
- September 16, 2008: Punjab Seed Corporation (PSC) starts sale of virus-free potato seed
- September 13, 2008: Mealy bug traces in cotton
- September 2nd, 2008: Research in transgenics
- August 25, 2008: BT cotton gene, cropping pattern
- August 23, 2008: All about Crop / Bt Cotton in Pakistan
- August 6, 2008: Cotton import may cost $1 billion in fiscal year 2009
- August 2, 2008: Cotton imports reach $1billion mark
- July 28, 2008: Securing food through biodiversity
- July 28, 2008: Initiatives for GM crop sales in Pakistan
- July 25, 2008: Govt forms body to introduce new variety of Bt-Cotton
- July 7, 2008: Biofuels: challenges and opportunities
- July 2nd, 2008 : Punjab University Seed Centre producing hybrid seeds through tissue culture
- June 24, 2008: Seedless kinnows export : Pakistan trying to meet European countries’ demand
- June 22, 2008: Budget 2008-09 : doing more to boost
- June 20, 2008: NA approves Rs. 22.332 bln for Food, Agriculture Division
- June 19, 2008: First crop of seedless kinnows through 'tissue culture' likely by 2011
- June 12, 2008: Hybrid Bt cotton project launched
- June 6, 2008: Bt cotton in butcher’s hand
- June 3, 2008: Project to evolve hybrid Bt cotton variety launched
- June 3, 2008: Biodiversity and agriculture.
- May 20, 2008: Limited Release of GM Cotton in Pakistan
- May 17, 2008: Bio-fuel production causes hike in world food commodity prices: growers turn to maize cultivation
- May 16, 2008: Illegal import of substandard Bt cotton seeds from India on rise
- May 14, 2008: Call to use genetically modified organisms in agriculture
- May 14, 2008: Developing plants for fuel
- May 12, 2008: Agriculture scientists urged to develop hybrid, bio-technological new varieties
- May 10, 2008: Over Rs1bn spent on research in biotechnology
- May 8, 2008: Introduction of Bt cotton variety: ECC approves LoI for hiring M/s Monsanto
- May 5, 2008: MINFAL proposes Bt cotton introduction
- May 3, 2008: MINFAL seeks approval from ECC on Bt cotton
- April 29, 2008: Panjwani Center acquired latest technique to research killer diseases
- April 25, 2008: Arisen of Biotechnology in Pakistan
- April 23, 2008: FAO urges bio-fuel development strategy
- April 19, 2008: Bt Cotton benefits Indian economy.
- April 18, 2008: Biotechnology and genetics innovative approaches should be introduced at small farmers' level in the country
- April 5, 2008: Biotechnology least utilised in Pakistan
- April 5, 2008: Pakistan must not miss biotechnology bus
- March 14, 2008: Experts suggest steps to achieve cotton crop target
- March 12, 2008 :Minfal taking steps to prevent wheat crop from stem rust
- March 12, 2008: International bio-fuel production increases wheat prices
- March 12, 2008: Scientists on high alert to combat threat of wheat fungus
- March 10, 2008: Coal biotechnology
- March 5, 2008: PAEC scientist lauds farmers’ interest in research
- March 5, 2008: Bio-fuel alternatives
- November 17, 2007: Ministry yet to approve biosafety guidelines.
- November16, 2007: Development of five Genetically-Modified Crops given go-ahead.
- November16, 2007: Biofuel.
- November 5, 2007: Significance of Bt Maize to enhance yield.
- October 23, 2007: Governor Khalid Maqbool says the 21st century belongs to biologists
- October 7, 2007: Bt. pesticide and cotton
- September 25, 2007: China to help develop new variety of cottonseed
- September 17, 2007: BT cotton seeds to yield over 5m bales this season
- September 15, 2007: US sets conditions for Pakistan mango entry
- September 13, 2007: Horticultural blues
- September 10, 2007: Horticultural crops (mango, citrus orchards) will be cultivated for research purpose.
- September 08, 2007: Green technology Arid University signs MoU with Italian Institutes
- July 09, 2007: Significance of Genetic and Biotechnology for Pakistan
- June 18, 2007: Biotech cotton sowing plan in doldrums
- June 1, 2007: Deal to sell unapproved (Bt) cotton seeds
- May 21, 2007: future of Bt. cotton in asia
- May 12, 2007: Bt. Cotton: What the future holds
- April 24 , 2007: Why not GM crops
- April 21 , 2007: The truth about GM crops
- Sunday, March 12, 2007: Pakistan Biotechnology Information Center (PABIC) launched and Science and Technology TV Channel in the offing: Durrani
- February 10, 2007: Stem cells research - a life and death battle.
- June 10, 2006: Birth and growth of Biotechnology.
- Tuesday, March 28, 2006: Biotechnology to serve future food needs.
- March 24, 2006: NIBGE to set up biotech park in Lahore
- March 21, 2006: First biotech Cotton grown in Pakistan.
- January 27, 2006 : Biotech info centres launched in Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
- December 6, 2005 :MULTAN - Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Pakistan government would allow farmers to grow Bt cotton next year.
Global News:
- July 19, 2007: Scientists seek Faster-Growing trees to meet Lumber Demand
- June 30, 2007: Field Trials of genetically modified rice plants encouraging
- April 24, 2007: BioFocus on a primary path to screening.
- April 20, 2007: Breakthrough raises hope for children with kidney cancer .
- March 6, 2007: Andhra Pradesh to continue legal battleagainst Monsanto.
- December 21, 2006: Philippine, GMO brings back good insects in Philippine farms.
- December 21, 2006: Europe, EU environment ministers vote against sound science.
- December 21, 2006: US, Cloned cows may be sold for meat.
- December 21, 2006: Canada sets biofuel targets, helps farmers invest.
- December 19, 2006: State partners with Brazil for ethanol future.
- December 19, 2006: Biodiesel to be tested in long-term Canadian demonstration pilot.
- December 18, 2006: US patent on modified Thai papaya upsets BioThai.
- December 18, 2006: China to limit use of grains for biofuels amid renewed worries over supply.