Farmers turn to illegal HTBt cotton amid rising costs and labour shortages: Study
First reported 7 Oct, 14:29 UTCUpdated 30m ago3 sources
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Illegal herbicide-tolerant Bt (HTBt) cotton now accounts for about one-fourth of India’s cotton acreage, particularly in Central India, hurting the legal seed business and driving a black market for glyphosate, a study has found. Seed associations and experts have called for the immediate legalisation of HTBt…
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New Delhi: Nearly a quarter of India's Bt cotton is an illegal herbicide-tolerant variety that saves farmers from spending large sums on labour and weed-management, but makes them vulnerable in case of a crop failure because of the black market sale of seed packets, scientists and seed industry veterans said here on…
Illegal herbicide-tolerant Bt (HTBt) cotton now accounts for about one-fourth of India’s cotton acreage, particularly in Central India, hurting the legal seed business and driving a black market for glyphosate, a study has found. Seed associations and experts have called for the immediate legalisation of HTBt…
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- Farmers turn to illegal HTBt cotton amid rising costs and labour shortages: Study (opens The New Indian Express in a new tab)
Illegal herbicide-tolerant Bt (HTBt) cotton now accounts for about one-fourth of India’s cotton acreage, particularly in Central India, hurting the legal seed business and driving a black market for glyphosate, a study has found. Seed associations and experts have called for the immediate legalisation of HTBt…
- Illegal herbicide-tolerant Bt cotton expands across India, study finds (opens Deccan Herald in a new tab)
New Delhi: Nearly a quarter of India's Bt cotton is an illegal herbicide-tolerant variety that saves farmers from spending large sums on labour and weed-management, but makes them vulnerable in case of a crop failure because of the black market sale of seed packets, scientists and seed industry veterans said here on…
- Kenya: The Researchers Building Kenya's Cotton Industry From The Seed Up (opens AllAfrica in a new tab)
[Bird Story Agency] At Kirinyaga University, researchers are testing whether Kenya can produce quality Bt cotton seed locally. The trials could help improve supply and lower costs, but taking the research to farmers will require commercial investment and support across the cotton value chain.
