11.12.2009 | permalink
Karnataka allows agri-biotech companies and agri scientists to lease 10-15 acres of farmers’ lands for 35 years for conducting Centrally-approved field trials and experiments related to genetically modified crops. ”While globally, the area under biotech crops has been growing 10-12 per cent annually, in India, it has been doubling since their introduction in 2002,” the policy document says. This, it says, should usher in a second green revolution.