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2009-06-24 | permalink
Pakistan may buy Monsanto’s Bt cotton seed worth $1bn
”Last year, around 28 per cent land was cultivated with BT cotton, but this year our target is 60 per cent,” Textiles Adviser Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig told The News. ”There are also arrangements to produce BT seeds locally” [...] Pakistan is in the process of signing a $1bn agreement for the purchase of BT cotton seed from Monsanto, a seed developing company of the United States, with a view to increasing cotton production by 40 per cent.
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2009-06-24 | permalink
Pakistan may buy Monsanto’s Bt cotton seed worth $1bn
”Last year, around 28 per cent land was cultivated with BT cotton, but this year our target is 60 per cent,” Textiles Adviser Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig told The News. ”There are also arrangements to produce BT seeds locally” [...] Pakistan is in the process of signing a $1bn agreement for the purchase of BT cotton seed from Monsanto, a seed developing company of the United States, with a view to increasing cotton production by 40 per cent.
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