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Cotton
Cotton farming
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Genetic engineering
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Manual workers
Men
Outdoors
SAGE (campaign title)
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Cotton Factory in India
Farmers selling their cotton harvest at a cotton factory in Asifabad, Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh. Most farmers travel by bullock cart into town, have to wait in long lines and stay overnight in order to sell their cotton at the government support price.
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GE and Non-GE Cotton Research in India
Greenpeace researches the difference between farmers growing GE (genetically engineered) and non-GE cotton in India and understands that BT Cotton (a GE variety) does not perform as well as conventional cotton planted and grown using Non-Pesticide Management (NPM) or Organic growing systems. BT cotton is genetically engineered to produce a toxin that protects it from insect pests. Despite having this protection, BT cotton farmers are still advised by seed sellers to spray their crops with a variety of chemical pesticides. Greenpeace has released a report (http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/reports/Picking-Cotton/) documenting the experiences of farmers in Andhra Pradesh. Unlike the seed companies, the farmers Greenpeace met with have not been profiting from BT cotton. Organic farmers have much lower costs of cultivation and therefore are more financially stable than BT cotton farmers who often end the cotton season with crushing debt.
Related Collections:
GE and Non-GE Cotton Research in India
Picking Cotton
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Unique identifier:
GP020HW
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
18/11/2009
Locations:
Andhra Pradesh
,
India
,
South Asia
Credit line:
© Peter Caton / Greenpeace
Size:
5616px × 3744px 10.53 MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)