State Govt & Monsanto to talk on Bt cotton seed prices
31 Jan '06
3 min read
“The Monsanto Bt cotton seeds are priced at Rs 1,600 which is four times higher than the unofficially sold. Most of the farmers prefer Navbharat, the low-priced seeds as they give the same quality and are also cheaper,” says a cotton trader. Around 70-80 percent farmers in Gujarat are said to be using Navbharat.
Despite the claim of better yield by Monsanto, the farmers mostly using Navbharat produced nearly 73.4 bales in '04-'05, more than four times higher than the production in '02-03 that was around 17 lakh bales.
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