June 18, 2009
Source:
CropBiotech Update
"Biotech
Crops in India: The Dawn of a New Era" is the latest in a series
of biotech documents produced by the
International Service for the
Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) South Asia
Office, New Delhi.
This publication aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date
status of the field trials and commercialization of biotech
crops in India in 2008. It also includes the most authoritative
coverage and statistics of Bt cotton, including hectarage of Bt
cotton hybrids planted in India, numbers of farmers growing
hybrids and approval of different events and hybrids in India
from 2002 to 2008. This document summarizes the national and
farm-level impact during the last seven years of
commercialization of Bt cotton in India, taking into account
seven independent studies conducted by public institutions.
Experiences of many Bt cotton farmers from various cotton
growing states have been illustrated in this publication as
well.
'The Dawn of a New Era' is the beginning of biotech-led
transformation of agriculture in India. Improved seeds, being
the carrier of both the state-of-the-art technology and superior
genetics, is the most important input for growth in agriculture.
This new era also offers tremendous investment opportunities for
both public and private institutions as highlighted in the
document.
This publication draws substantially from the content of ISAAA
Brief 39 Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2008,
authored by Dr. Clive James.
For a hard copy of "Biotech Crops in India: The Dawn of a New
Era" contact ISAAA South Asia office, New Delhi, India at
b.choudhary@cgiar.org
or
knowledge.center@isaaa.org
Download an e- copy at
http://www.isaaa.org/resources/publications/downloads/The-Dawn-of-a-New-Era.pdf
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