About the Talk: India's farm systems are at a critical juncture where a whole range of genetically modified crops and food are on verge of entering our plates. In the talk we will understand these in greater detail.

About the Speaker - Rohit Parakh has been working on food and agriculture systems after his return from living and working in corporate life in UK. His primary area of work is on transitioning to and scaling of organic/natural farming and on strengthening safe/nutritious food systems through national-level networks. He has also been working to tackle threats to these as well.

Subtopics Covered:
00:00 Introduction
2:10 On Seeds in Ancient India Vs. Today
4:55 What is Genetic Modification
5:10 History of GM of Indian Food/Farming
7:00 Bt Cotton
14:21 Other Illegal GM Crop Cultivation
17:29 Bt Brinjal
22:09 GM Mustard and Oil Seeds
30:34 Illegal GM Food in our Plates?
32:15 Other related threats and challenges
37:12 Organic/Natural Farming
39:15 What Must Indian View on Development be?

Q & A Session:
40:37 GM Crops Appealing due to Shelf-Life
42:10 Bt Cotton Exportation from India
43:31 Yellow Revolution
45:23 GMO Glorification through NCERT





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