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GM cotton really is helping to drive Indian farmers to suicide
Sirinathsinghji, Dr Eva http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2982233/gm_cotton_really_is_helping_to_drive_indian_farmers_to_suicide.html
Publisher: The Ecologist
Date Written: 11/08/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
A new study finds that Indian farmers in rain-fed areas are being driven to suicide from the increased cost of growing Bt GMO cotton varieties that confer no benefits to them. The extra expenses arise from buying new seeds each year, along with increased chemical inputs, while suffering inadequate access to agronomic information.
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