A survey directed by the State Department of Agriculture of Andhra Pradesh, India has found that in some areas where Bt cotton was grown, yields were lower than that of non-Bt cotton and cultivation costs were also higher, for the 2002 planting season. […]
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This study analyse the situation in Andhra Pradesh, a major cotton producer in India, after the first year of cultivation of GM cotton. […] This is a story about the experiences of the farmers of Makhathini in South Africa with Bt cotton. It is also a story about dependency and indebtedness. […] Debashis Banerji, a plant physiologist, believes the failure of Bt cotton illustrates the fact that genetic engineering as practised today is based on an over-simplified understanding of the “central dogma” of molecular biology. […] |
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