Malwa: This is Punjab's cotton country. Yields here were some of the highest in India till 1992-93, when the region reported its first major infestatin of the American bollworm. Punjab accounted for
Cotton farming provides livelihood for many million smallholders in developing countries. Over the last decades, many cotton farmers have been facing declining cotton yields despite increasing application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Increased input costs and decreasing marginal returns have lead many cotton farmers into indebtedness.
gm cotton ban: On May 3, 2005, the Union government's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) barred commercial cultivation of three varieties of genetically modified (GM) cotton hybrids in
