Bt Cotton Acreage Rises 20 Percent in India
October 3, 2008| |
According to figures released by Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (MMB), Indian farmers cultivated 20 percent more area to GM cotton in 2008. MMB estimates that four million farmers planted Bollgard II and Bollgard Bt cotton on 17.2 million acres, equivalent to 76 percent of India’s total cotton acres, in Kharif 2008. Farmers in India have a choice from over 150 Bollgard II and Bollgard Bt cotton hybrid seed varieties. Business Standard reports that the area cultivated to Bt cotton in the country has steadily increased from 8.7 million acres in 2006 to 14.4 million acres in 2007.
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