Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Cotton-Factory-in-India-27MZIFLMO67Y.htmlConceptually similarCotton Factory in IndiaGP020H8Completed★★★★Cotton Farmers in IndiaGP020HKCompleted★★★★★★Cotton Farmers in IndiaGP020HLCompleted★★★★Cotton Farmers in IndiaGP020HMCompleted★★★★Cotton Farmers in IndiaGP020HNCompleted★★★★Cotton Farmers in IndiaGP020HOCompleted★★★★Cotton Factory in IndiaGP020HSCompleted★★★★Cotton Factory in IndiaGP020HVCompleted★★★★Cotton Factory in IndiaGP020HWCompleted★★★★View AllGP020H9Cotton Factory in IndiaFarmers 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.Locations:Andhra Pradesh-India-South AsiaDate:17 Oct, 2009Credit:© Peter Caton / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4547px X 3410pxKeywords:Carriages-Cotton-Cotton farming-Day-Factories-Farmers-Genetic engineering-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Manual workers-Outdoors-SAGE (campaign title)-Toxics (campaign title)-WhiteShoot:GE and Non-GE Cotton Research in IndiaGreenpeace 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