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Against GM crops

KOCHI: Tuesday is going to be a day without genetic engineering, across the world. Minister for Agriculture Mullakkara Ratnakaran will inaugurate the workshop and exhibition on genetically modified crops and its implications on agriculture and food at Vyapari Bhavan, Palarivattom, here on Tuesday.

State Bio-diversity Board chairman V.S. Vijayan and Information Kerala Mission chairman M.K. Prasad are other lead speakers at the meeting.

The event is being organised by Thanal, Thiruvananthapuram; Periyar Malineekarana Virudha Samiti, Eloor; Ernakulam region of Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti and Sense, Thrissur.

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