“A significant portion of land in Banaskantha district is being used by local farmers, mostly from the Patel community, to cultivate Bt cotton. And these farmers are employing tribal children from the region as well as the border districts of Rajasthan,” said Jayanti Makwana, a member of Buniyadi Adhikar Andolan Gujarat (BAAG), an amalgamation of various state-based NGOs, at a press conference.