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Thinkpad Farmers have planted India's first approved crop of genetically engineered cotton, known as Bt for the soil organism that is toxic to some plant pests. The new seed, developed by St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. and approved by the government after four years of bitter opposition, is hailed by some as the solution to a vicious cycle of devastation by pests, heavy pesticide use and soil depletion that has trapped Indian farmers for decades.
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Laptop Computers "Last season, every time I saw pests, I panicked," Srinivas said. "I sprayed pesticides on my cotton crop about 20 times. This season, with the new seed, I sprayed only three times."
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Laptop Computer About 55,000 farmers across seven states, roughly 2 percent of India's cotton growers, sowed the genetically engineered Bollgard cotton seed, which Monsanto describes as resistant to one of the most formidable cotton pests, the bollworm. But anxiety about the long-term effects of using modified seed -- the fear of "Frankencrops" -- and concern among nationalists, who worry that Indian farmers could find themselves beholden to Western companies, have slowed India's march toward biotech farming.
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Desktop Computer "GM [genetically modified] crop is not a solution to pest attacks. New pests will become active and resistant to Bt cotton, and Indian farmers would again get into the same pesticide treadmill," said Afsar Jafri of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, an advocacy group that spearheads the anti-biotechnology campaign and encourages organic farming. "A handful of Western companies want to control the agricultural foundations of the Third World nations by robbing the farmers economically. Indian farmers may lose their sovereignty."
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Desktop Computers In a major setback for supporters of GM seed technology, India recently withheld approval for planting genetically modified mustard, citing possible health risks. Fearing adverse impact on yield, the government also rejected Monsanto's proposal to extend use of GM cotton to two of India's most important agricultural states, Punjab and Haryana.
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Washington Post - 5/4/2003
Topic: Genetic Engineering
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