India's agricultural sector is one of the largest in the world today in terms of production of
foodgrains and other agricultural commodities. With over 60 million tonnes of buffer stock …

The study examined the technical efficiency of tomato production in Guyuk Local
Government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 100 farmers using …

Over the past 24 years, biotech cotton has been influencing global cotton production
systems. Genetically modified (GM) cotton or biotech cotton has thus far been approved in …

This article rebuts the argument that shortcomings in Bt cotton studies and divergence
between yield gains and extent of adoption of Bt hybrids make it impossible to conclusively …

The present study is focused on cost of cultivation and resource use efficiency of Bt cotton
cultivation in Warangal district of Telangana State. Multistage sampling procedure was …

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton is the only genetically modified crop permitted for
commercial cultivation in India. We use farm-level data from 150 sample farmers cultivating …

The comprehensive pest management module was evaluated against major pests of
popular Bt cotton hybrids (RCH 2 Bt, Bunny Bt and KDCH 9632 Bt), their non Bt counterpart …

Water is an essential natural resource to live on the earth. We have about 2/3rd of the water
on the planet. Still, there is a scarcity of water. It is due to the uneven distribution of water on …

Background Cotton is one of the oldest crops in the world. About 60 million people are
directly engaged in cotton textiles and processing works. Cotton is an important cash crop. In …

This chapter provides an overview of the origins of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
(CPB), the relevant provisions on Socio-Economic Assessment of LMOs and literature …