Notwithstanding the controversies dogging it, Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech Limited is expecting 30 to 40 per cent growth in demand for its flagship Bt cotton (Bollgard I and II hybrids) this kharif. [...] Referring to the sheep and goat mortality in Adilabad and Warangal, Mr. Ketkar and R. K. Sinha, Executive Director, All India Crop Biotechnology Association dismissed it as ”localised phenomenon”. In its ten years of global Bt cotton experience, there has not been a single instance of harm to an animal that grazed on Bt plant material.