Comments
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Biotech Consortium India Ltd (BCIL), New Delhi, today organised a workshop on `Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops’ at the ICRISAT headquarters in Patancheru near here.
In his keynote address, Dr P Ananda Kumar, Director, Institute of Agri Biotechnology, ANGRAU, emphasised the need to streamline regulations on GM crops.
Dr Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director — Grain Legumes, ICRISAT, said the Platform for Translational Research on Transgenic Crops (PTTC) at ICRISAT is regularly involved in the conduct of awareness workshops to promote scientific and factual information and biotechnology products.
Participants of the workshop included scientists from various public and private sectors, engaged in the development of GM crops.
Comments
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.