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Monsanto's letter to seed manufacturers triggers a row [1]

Wants farmers to let cattle graze on Bt cotton fields.

K.V. Kurmanath

A letter from Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech (India) Limited to seed manufacturers, advising them to ask farmers to let the cattle graze on Bt cotton fields, has triggered a row in the ongoing debate on Bt cotton. Ahead of the kharif season sales, the company said the grazing should be allowed at the end of the crop season.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
Business Line (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Agricultural Research [4], Seeds [5], Cattle [6], Biotechnology [7], Monsanto [8], Bt Cotton [9]
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