GM revolution - Business News - News - MSN India: "Indian agriculture is evolving to its third phase, the era of genetically modified (GM) crops. The formalisation of this evolution into a revolution in the food sector will happen with the lifting of the moratorium on Bt brinjal by the Union government. India has already launched GM crops via Bt cotton in 50,000 hectares in 2002. Its growth to 8.4 million hectares and cultivation by 5.6 million farmers at the beginning of 2010 clearly shows that the GM revolution is no fantasy.
From the fully organic subsistence agriculture prevalent till the 1960s, Indian agriculture entered the hybrids and chemicals-driven phase of the green revolution, which made the country almost self-reliant for most of its food requirements. This, in turn, helped stabilise food prices and ensure the subsidised food supply system mainly served the needy."
Friday, January 7, 2011
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