Marking the global anti-GMO Week, over 500 women from the Deccan Development Society — communities from the mandals of Zaheerabad, Jharasangam, Raikode and Nyalkal — took out a procession at Zaheerabad against the government’s inaction on the spread of Bt cotton in Medak, 80 km from here. The women believe that Bt cotton is not only environmentally unsafe but is also wreaking havoc on farm economies. Farmers who are lured by Bt seed dealers with dreams of great returns are finding it to their dismay that even 50 per cent of the promised yields are not being realised.