<p>Ramesh was strongly opposed during the meeting held at the Bose Institute here.<br />The meeting was attended by stakeholders, including scientists, agriculture experts, farmer organisations, consumer groups and NGOs, who have been opposing the genetically modified brinjal.<br /><br />Bt brinjal was cleared for commercial production by the country's bio-technology regulator last year.<br /><br />Ramesh said he would hold public consultations in this month at Bhubaneshwar on January 16, Ahmedabad (19), Hyderabad (22), Bangalore (23), Nagpur (27) and Chandigarh (30).<br /><br />Ramesh said that he would submit his report to the Centre by mid February on the public consultations.<br /><br />Bt brinjal is promoted by Mahyco Monsanto biotech, a joint venture between Hyderabad-based Mahyco and US-based Monsanto, along with University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharawad, and Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore.</p>
<p>Ramesh was strongly opposed during the meeting held at the Bose Institute here.<br />The meeting was attended by stakeholders, including scientists, agriculture experts, farmer organisations, consumer groups and NGOs, who have been opposing the genetically modified brinjal.<br /><br />Bt brinjal was cleared for commercial production by the country's bio-technology regulator last year.<br /><br />Ramesh said he would hold public consultations in this month at Bhubaneshwar on January 16, Ahmedabad (19), Hyderabad (22), Bangalore (23), Nagpur (27) and Chandigarh (30).<br /><br />Ramesh said that he would submit his report to the Centre by mid February on the public consultations.<br /><br />Bt brinjal is promoted by Mahyco Monsanto biotech, a joint venture between Hyderabad-based Mahyco and US-based Monsanto, along with University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharawad, and Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore.</p>
