15 Jun 2011The area under Bt cotton cultivation has increased by 1 million hectare across the country, reflecting growing popularity of the biotech variety of the commercial crop, a prominent seed company said.
Bt cotton was grown in an area of 9.4 million hectare (ha) in 2010 as compared to 8.4 million ha in the year - ago period, Usha Barwale, Chief Technology Officer of Mahyco, a pioneering private seed company, said quoting figures from ISAAA.
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) is a not-for-profit international organisation that shares the benefits of crop biotechnology to various stakeholders, particularly resource-poor farmers in developing countries.
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