The Maharashtra government is implementing a pilot project in eight districts of Vidarbha region to increase the per-acre yield of cotton while reducing its per-acre cultivation cost. The project, being undertaken in collaboration with the Central Institute of Cotton Research over 160 acres of land belonging to 160 farmers in this region, is adopting the Brazilian model of cotton cultivation where the per-acre density of cotton is double what it usually is in India. However, by promoting the Brazilian model which uses straight varieties of cotton and not the hybrid or Bt ones, the government appears to be doing a rethink over its policy of promoting Bt cotton, say experts.