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Pakistan cotton facing threats due to technology mishandling
By Technology Times at April 21, 2012 | 4:08 pm | 0 Comment
By Dr. Maria Shweba IN 2010, Pakistan officially approved genetically modified crops when Bt Cotton varieties containing Monsanto’s (MON-531 event) were approved. Quality issues have been well known since then as poor quality seeds and low Bt toxin in these crops has been reported. Low toxin could mean that Cotton pests may develop resistance, sooner than anticipated more...
Mishandling this time, again!
By Technology Times at February 25, 2012 | 2:03 pm | 3 Comments
IT HAS always been the dilemma of the policy makers in Pakistan that majority of the drafted policies hardly see light on the other side of the tunnel mainly due to their shortsightedness, shallow approach or inability to do complete homework before coming up with a policy on certain important issue. Sometimes they had to roll back their own drafted mechanisms following more...
