Maharashtra Farmers Defy Ban to Plant GM Cotton
- A group of more than 1,000 farmers gathered in a village in Akola, Maharashtra to sow seeds of an unapproved, genetically modified variety of cotton, defying government regulations. The government is now investigating what was planted.
Why are Farmers Taking this Decision?
- Farmers in Akola planted a herbicide-tolerant variety of Bt cotton. This variety (HtBt) involves the addition of another gene, ‘Cp4-Epsps’ from another soil bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens. It has not been cleared by Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) yet.
- They claim that the HtBt variety can withstand the spray of glyphosate, a herbicide that is used to remove weeds, ....
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