The editorial, “GM lessons” (Business Line, October 31) succintly captures the ongoing debate on the future of agriculture biotechnology in the country. The Bt cotton story is all too well known. First, illegal Bt cotton proliferated in Gujarat even before the legal one had gone through the regulatory process of rigorous protocols as well as trials for allergenicity, toxicity and agronomic value. The irony was that the illegal seeds started outperforming the legal ones as illegal Bt technology was introduced into...
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