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HTBT COTTON SEEDS
Shortage to scam: Fake fertilisers, pesticides flood farms - how much is China to blame?With limited supply, a rise in agrochemical input demand has created fertile ground for counterfeit products, an issue further aggravated b...- Banned cotton seeds carve out ₹600 cr parallel marketBanned HTBt cotton seeds are now popular in India. These seeds account for 15% of the market. Farmers use them to cut labour costs. Industr...
- Govt weighs herbicide-tolerant BT cotton, glyphosate use as industry pushesThe government is evaluating complex policy decisions on Herbicide-tolerant BT cotton and the widespread application of glyphosate amidst i...
- Industry urges govt to curb surge in illegal HtBt cottonThe illegal cultivation of HtBt cotton doubled this year to around 7 million packets across India and was prevalent in major states like Ma...
- Seed industry urges govt to take action against illegal cultivation of HT-Bt cottonThe NSAI said regulators are only limiting their checking to licensed dealers and seed companies while this illegal activity of HT seed sal...
- Farmers’ groups split over HTbt cotton cultivationThe agriculture ministry, however, has reiterated that it is not looking to review its decision of banning HTBt cotton as of now.
- Protesting farmers sowed banned HTBT cotton, says lab reportThe farmers, under the banner of Shetkari Sanghatna, had sown HTBT cotton seeds openly, demanding that the ban on these seeds be lifted.
- Farmers fear loss, not arrest, and seed illegal Bt cottonIndia allows cultivation of BGI and BGII varieties of Bt cotton.
- Farmers to defy ban on use of HTBT cotton: To plant genetically modified variant publicly on June 10On June 10, these farmers will openly plant HTBT cotton seeds at Akot in Akola district of Vidarbha.
- Maharashtra farmers say they’ll use GM seedsTo prevent the use of HT varieties in the 2018 kharif season, the agriculture department of Maharashtra has appealed to farmers to stay awa...
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