27.03.2008 | permalink
Taking strong exception to the recent statement of agriculture director Dr Aurobindo Padhi that Bt cotton is necessary to boost the production of cotton in Orissa. Living farms, spearheading anti-Bt cotton campaign today said that Bt technology is never meant to boost yields but to introduce the Cry1Ac gene to transfer the toxicity of Bt to the plant itself to try and control pests.