It is no surprise then, that you have repeated instances of farmers and activists burning down experimental farms that are show casing GM technology? It is easy to dismiss these acts of ‘arson’ as an extremist stand taken by ‘Green’ activists who detest technology. Yet, a more realistic assessment would compel even a passionate technology zealot to accept that many farmer suicides in the Vidharbha region of Maharashtra and in Andhra Pradesh are related to GM cotton. The fact is, companies like Monsanto are not offering GM technology to Indian farmers as a charity. They stand to earn billions of dollars every year in revenues if the technology gets entrenched in India.
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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006
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