With a moratorium on cultivation of GM crops, pro-biotech crops group are now mobilising opinion in states for allowing farmers to cultivate genetically modified produce.

The pro-GM crops group include prominent farm leader Sharad Joshi. ”We have met Agriculture minister and senior officials of Agriculture/Horticulture departments of Karnataka, West Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat to convince them about merits of cultivating biotech crops,” executive director, ABLE (Association of Biotech Led Enterprise) Sivramiah Shantharam told a news agency.