Sunday, March 16, 2014

Bt cotton technology: A blessing or a curse for farmers?

Bt cotton technology: A blessing or a curse for farmers?



The recent issue of Nature, a prestigious international weekly journal on science, has reported significant benefits of Bt cotton to Indian farmers. Citing a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it says that data collected from 533 farm households during 2002-08 shows that Bt cotton raised the yield by 24 per cent. This translated to a 50 per cent increase in profits