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1. Another Bt-cotton variant falls to fraud charges ...: (2011); ... ls. –- –- Another Bt-cotton variant falls to fraud charges Zia Haq Hindustan Times, December 30 2011 http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Another-Bt-cotton-variant-falls-to-fraud-charges/Article1-788888. ...; Created on 30 December 2011
2. Bt cotton approval in Bangladesh is "alarming" news: (2022); ... and directly related to increases in Bt cotton adoption (i.e., costs). --- Bt cotton approval. Another alarming threat? Farida Akhter The Business Standard, 27 Jun 2022 https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/bt-cotton-approval-another-alarming-threat-447926 ...; Created on 28 June 2022
3. Experts debunk false claims that GM Bt cotton in India has been a grand success: (2020); ... failure, or at best very suboptimal for farmer welfare. Despite increases, Indian yields are no more than some of the poorest African countries which do not cultivate hybrid cotton or Bt-cotton. In 2017, ...; Created on 07 August 2020
4. Dependency, distress and no durable agronomic benefits: The story of Bt cotton in India: (2020); ... an outstanding success. --- Dependency, distress and no durable agronomic benefits: The story of Bt cotton in India by COLIN TODHUNTER Counterpunch, 16 Mar 2020 https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/03/16/dependency-distress-and-no-durable-agronomic-benefits-the-story-of-bt-cotton-in-india/ ...; Created on 17 March 2020
5. Bt cotton: Cultivating farmer distress in India: (2020); ... Countercurrents, February 7, 2020 https://countercurrents.org/2020/02/bt-cotton-cultivating-farmer-distress-in-india [links to sources at this URL] Later this month, India’s Supreme Court will hold a ...; Created on 07 February 2020
6. Kenya: Uncertainty over GMO ban as Cabinet okays GM Bt cotton: (2019); ... GMO ban as Cabinet okays BT cotton Daily Nation, DECEMBER 20 2019 https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Uncertainty-over-GMO-ban-BT-cotton/1056-5392502-i0a5a0z/index.html In Summary * This will see Kenya ...; Created on 21 December 2019
7. Women and genetically modified crops: Bt cotton in India: (2019); ... r 2019 http://in.boell.org/en/2019/09/25/women-and-genetically-modified-crops-bt-cotton-india For nearly two decades, we have been looking at the women’s increasing role in agricultural production. ...; Created on 22 October 2019
8. References for GMO Myths and Facts: (Uncategorised); ... . Buradikatti K. Pink bollworm a nightmare for Bt cotton growers. The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/pink-bollworm-a-nightmare-for-bt-cotton-growers/article7950687.ece. Published De ...; Created on 13 February 2019
9. GM cotton in India – a reckless gamble: (2019); ... he concluded in December 2016: "Bt-cotton plus higher fertilizers plus increased irrigation also received a protective cover from the seed treatment of neonicotinoid insecticides such as imidaclopri ...; Created on 02 January 2019
10. "Father of Green Revolution in India" slams GM crops as unsustainable and unsafe: (2018); ... Caius Rommens, Dr Belinda Martineau, and Dr Arpad Pusztai. "No doubt" that GM Bt cotton has failed On GM Bt insecticidal cotton in India, Drs Swaminathan and Kesavan write: "There is no doubt that GE B ...; Created on 29 November 2018
11. India: Failed promises of GM Bt cotton: (2018); ... n Indian supermarkets shows that regulators are failing in their duty of care to protect the Indian public. For further information on Bt cotton in India, see: http://indiagminfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/15-yrs-of-Bt-Cotton-in-India.p ...; Created on 22 September 2018
12. The storm brewing in India’s cotton fields: (2018); ... * Bt-cotton occupies 90 per cent of the land under cotton in India – and the pests that this GM variety was meant to safeguard against, are back, virulently and now pesticide-resistant – destroying crop ...; Created on 03 May 2018
13. Monsanto can't have patent on Bt cotton in India, court says: (2018); ... on Bt cotton in India, court says By Upmanyu Trivedi and Pratik Parija Bloomberg, 11 April 2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/monsanto-can-t-have-patent-on-bt-cotton-in-india-court-s ...; Created on 12 April 2018
14. Monsanto does not have patent over Bt cotton seed varieties, rules Delhi High Court: (2018); ... wake of widespread pest attack. --- Monsanto does not have patent over Bt cotton seed varieties, rules Delhi High Court Arpan Chaturvedi Bloomberg Quint, 11 Apr 2018 https://www.bloombergquint.com/law-and-policy/2018/04/11/monsanto-does-not-have-patent-over-bt-cotton-seed-varieties-rules-delhi-high-court ...; Created on 11 April 2018
15. Kenya: Chair of Bt cotton task force hypes GM Bt cotton yields: (2018); ... uce farmers' losses due to attacks on the crop by ball weevils for the past 10 years. Gichuki said that even though a major breakthrough to the Bt-cotton commercialization initiative was realized in Au ...; Created on 06 April 2018
16. Telangana govt, farmers’ union pitch non-Bt cotton seeds: (2018); ... of All-India Kisan Sabha, said. --- Telangana, farmers’ union make a pitch for non-Bt cotton seeds K.V. KURMANATH The Hindu Business Line, 30 Mar 2018 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/telangana-farmers-union-make-a-pitch-for-non-bt-cotton-seedsep/article23394708.ece ...; Created on 31 March 2018
17. Yields have stagnated since GM Bt cotton introduction in India: (2018); ... since Bt cotton: Minister. Fact: Yields have stagnated by Rohit Parakh Fact Checker, 6 Mar 2018 http://factchecker.in/cotton-harvests-nearly-doubled-since-bt-cotton-minister-fact-yields-have-stagnated/ ...; Created on 06 March 2018
18. Around 80% of Maharashtra's GM Bt cotton has fallen victim to pink bollworm: (2018); ... c Times, Jan 21, 2018 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/the-brakes-are-applied-on-the-bt-cotton-story/articleshow/62583116.cms "Open any boll here and you'll see it's destro ...; Created on 21 January 2018
19. Mahrashtra govt files charges with police against Monsanto, other seed companies: (2017); ... --- Monsanto, 5 other firms booked after pests ruin "resistant" Bt cotton crops in Yavatmal Vinaya Deshpande news18.com, 12 Dec 2017 http://www.news18.com/news/india/monsanto-5-other-firms-booked-after-pests-ruin-resistant-bt-cotton-crops-in-yavatmal-1602301.ht ...; Created on 13 December 2017
20. Denotify Bt cotton seed that is no longer pest-resistant: State to central govt: (2017); ... State to Centre Priyanka Kakodkar Times of India, Oct 26, 2017 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/denotify-bt-cotton-seed-that-is-no-longer-pest-resistant-state-to-centre/articleshow/61232948.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIMobil ...; Created on 30 October 2017

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