GMO news related to India

04.01.2012 |

Bt cotton cultivation should be banned in Maharashtra (India)

Now the government has enough reasons to ban the climate sensitive Gm cotton crop. Without wasting much time it should ban it, bringing happiness to the farmers that have been forced to commit suicides due to regular crop failures. IT IS official that dry land cotton farmers who opted for Bt, cotton in 40 lakh hectares are likely to lose Rs. 10,000 crores as per initial estimate of crop failure by Maharashtra administration, a farmer advocacy group has alleged.

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