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Farmers stand in silence at auction3/1/2023 ![]() “Since the GMO issue is controversial, the Agriculture Department in the State relies on inputs from time to time from agriculture universities. Officials in the department are also wary about a discussion on GM crops. The State should have a policy on genetically-modified crops instead of a piecemeal approach to the issue based on the crop involved, he said. However, in the discourse on mustard, the State is silent,” former Horticulture Director Ramakrishnappa told “When the Bt brinjal controversy erupted, Karnataka opposed its introduction because one of the varieties used to develop it was ‘Matti Gulla’, a GI tagged crop from Udupi district. ![]() Senior officials, on condition of anonymity, said: “Other States may have taken a decision even before receiving the notification owing to protests, but since mustard is a minor crop in the State, there has not been a discussion.”īut farmers’ groups and experts pointed out that the issue at stake is the larger question on where the State stands on GM crops as a whole and not just about field trials. As soon it comes, the State government will take a decision in the interests of farmers of the State.” The Hindu, Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said: “Karnataka is yet to receive a notification from the Centre. Some major mustard-growing States such as Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have been emphatically opposing GM mustard and its field trials.ĭespite several farmers’ groups and organic farmers asking the State government to urge the Centre to not allow open field trials, there seems to have been no discussion on this by the Agriculture Department, according to senior officials. The Karnataka government is yet to take its stand on the heated debate over genetically-modified (GM) mustard
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