Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Cotton-Farmers-in-Car-27MZIFLM63AJ.htmlConceptually similarGE Cotton Farmer Kalava BuchhayyaGP020GXCompleted★★★★★★GE Cotton Farmer Kalava BuchhayyaGP020GWCompleted★★★★★★GE Cotton Farmer in IndiaGP020GYCompleted★★★★GE Cotton Farmer in IndiaGP027HOCompleted★★★★Young Girl working on Cotton FarmGP020G1Completed★★★★Woman picking CottonGP020H2Completed★★★★★★Girl working on Cotton FarmGP020FYCompleted★★★★Worker on Cotton Farm in IndiaGP020I5Completed★★★★Cotton Farmer in IndiaGP020GDCompleted★★★★View AllGP020H5Cotton Farmers in CarCotton farmers transporting their harvest to be sold. Costs of cotton cultivation are so high that farmers use imagination, liking crowing inside this autorichshaw, to reduce expenses and save a few Rupees.Locations:Andhra Pradesh-India-South AsiaDate:17 Nov, 2009Credit:© Peter Caton / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Auto rickshaw-Cars-Cotton-Cotton farming-Day-Genetic engineering-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Men-Outdoors-SAGE (campaign title)-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot: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