Production Of BT Cotton In India Leads To Significant Benefits



Indian farmers first planted biotech crops in 2002, and today represent the most rapid adopters of this new technology in farming globally. "Overall, the introduction of biotechnology can lead to great benefits, and what we are finding is - that's precisely what is happening across India," says Dr. Laveesh Bhandari, an economist and founder director of Indicus Analytics, an economics research firm.

In a recent study of Bt cotton-growing areas in India, Indicus interviewed 10,000 cotton farmers - some of whom were growing genetically modified insect-protected (Bt) cotton and some of whom were not. "What our study shows is that the impact on the overall development of the household and the community is quite phenomenal in Bt cotton-producing areas: Greater incomes, greater access to healthcare services, greater education," continues Bhandari in a brief and exclusive video made available today at the Conversations about Plant Biotechnology Web site:



Production Of BT Cotton In India Leads To Significant Benefits