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Keywords
Children
Cotton
Cotton farming
Farmers
Genetic engineering
Indoors
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Men
One person
Pesticides
SAGE (campaign title)
Toxics (campaign title)
Two people
GE Cotton Farmer in India
This Bt cotton farmer in Adilabad, as many farmers in Andhra Pradesh, turned to Bt cotton under the lure of no need for pesticides, only to find he still needs to spray, and spend on, many of these toxic chemicals.
Unique identifier:
GP020GT
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
18/10/2009
Locations:
Andhra Pradesh
,
India
,
South Asia
Credit line:
© Peter Caton / Greenpeace
Size:
3410px × 4547px 12MB
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
Containers
Shoot:
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
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