Monopolized, unpredictable technologies like Bt Cotton with it's massive reliance on inputs like is precisely what pushed Vidharba farmers into indebtedness and finally suicide”, said Datta Patil, YUVA.
Demands: • Ban on Bt Cotton in the sate of Maharashtra and arrest permissions for commercial cultivation of any new varieties. • The companies made liable for false marketing and immediate compensation to be paid to all Bt Cotton farmers who have incurred losses.