2007-05-29 | permalink

BT seeds to gain half of India’s cotton area - trade body

The total area under cotton in India, the world’s third largest producer, may see little change in 2007/08, but genetically modified varieties would account for half of it, a trade body official said on Tuesday. Kishorilal Jhunjhunwala, president of the East India Cotton Association, told Reuters the crop had covered 9.1 million hectares in 2006/07, with good yield and prices. Thus, farmers would have little incentive to shift to any other crop now. ”Any kind of change in area will not be more than 5 percent down,” he told Reuters over the telephone.

• Reuters, India: BT seeds to gain half of India’s cotton area - trade body
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