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Economics of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton in Tamil Nadu

2016
In this chapter, an attempt has been made to examine economics of Bt cotton vis-a-vis non-Bt cotton by examining the relationship of various factors to the yield, value of output and profit of cotton cultivation reported by the sample farmer households. It includes average Bt and non-Bt cotton yields, cost of production, value of output and profit, and
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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BT COTTON REFUGE POLICY

2000
Since cotton producers do not own legal rights to kill insect populations that are susceptible to insecticides, individual producers may have no incentive to account for future, insecticide-resistance productivity losses arising from their pest-management decisions.
Livingston, Michael J., Carlson, Gerald A., Fackler, Paul L., Livingston, Michael J., Carlson, Gerald A., Fackler, Paul L.   +5 more
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Nature and Performance of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton in Andhra Pradesh

2016
As a backdrop for the study, this chapter is aimed at examining the area under Bt cotton and non-Bt cotton, cotton varieties used by the sample households, average seed cost, pesticides used in Bt and Non-Bt cotton and their cropping pattern basing on the sample data.
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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Bt Cotton

2018
Bt cotton has been genetically modified with Bacillus thuringiensis genes, producing toxins primarily targeting caterpillar pests, but also targeting beetles and flies, potentially controlling pests in other crops.
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Nature and Performance of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton Across the States

2016
In Andhra Pradesh, cotton is a very important crop and stands at the third place in terms of area cultivated. Over the past two and half decades there had been a significant increase in the area under cotton in the state. Cotton has been grown under both irrigated and unirrigated conditions and the latter dominates.
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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Nature and Performance of Bt Cotton vs. Non-Bt Cotton in Tamil Nadu

2016
This chapter presents the sampling used for the study. The sample households consisted of 90 Bt cotton cultivators and 90 Non Bt cotton cultivators. The Bt as well as Non Bt cotton cultivators had been selected from seven villages in Salem and Perambalur districts.
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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Long-term impacts of Bt cotton in India

Nature Plants, 2020
Most scholarship on the closely-watched case of genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton in India has focused on short-term impacts and has also ignored other major changes in India's cotton agriculture. This Perspective combines several data sources over a 20-year span to provide long-term comparisons of Bt adoption with yields and ...
K. R. Kranthi, Glenn Davis Stone
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Prospects for BT Cotton In Mozambique

2009
Mozambique’s cotton sector is very important to the economy and to poverty reduction in the rural sector. Cotton production in Mozambique is characterized by low levels of productivity, low prices and low returns. Cotton farmers in Mozambique are often no better off than their neighbors who do not grow cotton. Not surprisingly, many cotton farmers have
Pitoro, Raul, Walker, Thomas S., Tschirley, David L., Swinton, Scott M., Boughton, Duncan, De Marrule, Higino Francisco, Pitoro, Raul, Walker, Thomas S., Tschirley, David L., Swinton, Scott M., Boughton, Duncan, De Marrule, Higino Francisco   +11 more
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The Impact of Bt Cotton in China

2003
Genetically modified (GM) plants are the center of an increasingly rancorous debate about the value of agricultural biotechnology. The champions of agricultural biotechnology see it as a tool to help solve problems related to hunger and excessive pesticide use (BIO 2001).
Carl Pray, Jikun Huang
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Development and Adoption of Bt Cotton

2016
Bt cotton gets its name from a bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis, a natural enemy of boll worms, characterized by its ability to produce crystalline inclusions during sporulation. The first Bt cotton varieties were introduced commercially through a licensing agreement between the gene discoverer, Monsanto, and the leading American cotton ...
Vasant P. Gandhi, Dinesh Jain
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