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This was the period when Monsanto and its Indian partner Mahyco were also carrying out illegal field experiments with genetically engineered Bt cotton. All imports and field trials of geneticallyengineered organisms in India are governed by a law under the Environment Protection Act. We at the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology used these laws to stop Monsanto’s commercialisation of Bt cotton in 1999, which is why approval was not granted for commercial sales until 2002.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh filed an anti-monopolies case, arguing that Monsanto’s seed monopolies were the primary cause of farmers’ suicides in Andhra Pradesh. Monsanto was forced to reduce its prices of Bt cotton seeds. The high costs of inputs were combined with falling prices of cotton due to the $4billion US subsidy and dumping of this subsidised cotton in India became a recipe for indebtedness, and debt is the main cause of farmers’ suicides.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has recently released a discussion paper “Bt cotton and Farmers’ Suicides in India: Reviewing the Evidence”. The report manipulates the truth about farmers’ suicides and Bt cotton at every level, saying that such suicides are “a long-term phenomena”, and the “long-term” is 1997-2007. Ten years is not too long in a 10,000-year-old farming tradition. The chronology of Bt cotton introduction is false. The story begins with Monsanto’s illegal Bt trials, not with its commercialisation in 2002. The report states that “In specific regions and years… its failure was mainly the result of the context or environment in which it was introduced or planted; Bt cotton as a technology is not to blame”. This is an interesting argument. A technology is always developed in the context of local socio-economic and ecological conditions. A technology that is a misfit in a context is a failed technology for that context. You cannot blame the context to save a failed technology.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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This was the period when Monsanto and its Indian partner Mahyco were also carrying out illegal field experiments with genetically engineered Bt cotton. All imports and field trials of geneticallyengineered organisms in India are governed by a law under the Environment Protection Act. We at the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology used these laws to stop Monsanto’s commercialisation of Bt cotton in 1999, which is why approval was not granted for commercial sales until 2002.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh filed an anti-monopolies case, arguing that Monsanto’s seed monopolies were the primary cause of farmers’ suicides in Andhra Pradesh. Monsanto was forced to reduce its prices of Bt cotton seeds. The high costs of inputs were combined with falling prices of cotton due to the $4billion US subsidy and dumping of this subsidised cotton in India became a recipe for indebtedness, and debt is the main cause of farmers’ suicides.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has recently released a discussion paper “Bt cotton and Farmers’ Suicides in India: Reviewing the Evidence”. The report manipulates the truth about farmers’ suicides and Bt cotton at every level, saying that such suicides are “a long-term phenomena”, and the “long-term” is 1997-2007. Ten years is not too long in a 10,000-year-old farming tradition. The chronology of Bt cotton introduction is false. The story begins with Monsanto’s illegal Bt trials, not with its commercialisation in 2002. The report states that “In specific regions and years… its failure was mainly the result of the context or environment in which it was introduced or planted; Bt cotton as a technology is not to blame”. This is an interesting argument. A technology is always developed in the context of local socio-economic and ecological conditions. A technology that is a misfit in a context is a failed technology for that context. You cannot blame the context to save a failed technology.
For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
PLANMAN CHE (Centre for Higher Education)
ZEE BUSINESS BEST B SCHOOL SURVEY
IIPM Ranked No. 1 B-School In Global Exposre - Zee...
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
1500-plus IIPM students placed across the country with 44 bagging international offers
Moneycontrol >> News >> Press- News >> IIPM ranked No1 B-School in ...
» IIPM ranked No1 B-School in India :: Education, Careers ...
The Hindu Business Line : IIPM placements hit a high of over 2000 jobs
Deccan Herald - IIPM ranked as top B-School in India
India eNews - IIPM Ranked No1 B-School in India
IIPM Delhi - Indian Institute of Planning and Management New Delhi ...
domain-b.com : IIPM ranked ahead of IIMs
IIPM makes business education truly global-Education-The Times of ...
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