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[dasari4kntr]

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, public attention was drawn to suicides by indebted farmers following crop failures. For example, in the early 2000s, farmers in Andhra Pradesh (AP) were in economic crisis due to high-interest rates and crop failures, leading to widespread unrest and farmer suicides. Monsanto was one focus of protests with respect to the price and yields of Bt seed. In 2005, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the Indian regulatory authority, released a study on field tests of certain Bt cotton strains in AP and ruled that Monsanto could not market those strains in AP because of poor yields. At about the same time, the state agriculture minister barred the company from selling Bt cotton seed, because Monsanto refused a request by the state government to provide pay about Rs 4.5 crore (about one million US$) to indebted farmers in some districts, and because the government blamed Monsanto's seeds for crop failures. The order was later lifted.

In 2006, AP tried to convince Monsanto to reduce the price of Bt seeds. Unsatisfied, the state filed several cases against Monsanto and its Mumbai-based licensee, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds. Research by International Food Policy Research Institute found no evidence supporting an increased suicide rate following the introduction of Bt cotton and that Bt cotton.The report stated that farmer suicides predated commercial introduction in 2002 (and unofficial introduction in 2001) and that such suicides had made up a fairly constant portion of the overall national suicide rate since 1997. The report concluded that while Bt cotton may have been a factor in specific suicides, the contribution was likely marginal compared to socio-economic factors. As of 2009, Bt cotton was planted in 87% of Indian cotton-growing land.

Critics including Vandana Shiva said that the crop failures could "often be traced to" Monsanto's Bt cotton, that the seeds increased farmer indebtedness and argued that Monsanto misrepresented the profitability of their Bt Cotton, causing losses leading to debt. In 2009, Shiva wrote that Indian farmers who had previously spent as little as ₹7 (rupees) per kilogram were now paying up to ₹17,000 per kilo per year for Bt cotton. In 2012 the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) stated that for the first time farmer suicides could be linked to a decline in the performance of Bt cotton, and advised, "cotton farmers are in a deep crisis since shifting to Bt cotton. The spate of farmer suicides in 2011–12 has been particularly severe among Bt cotton farmers."

In 2004, in response to an order from the Bombay High Court the Tata Institute produced a report on farmer suicides in Maharashtra in 2005. The survey cited "government apathy, the absence of a safety net for farmers, and lack of access to information related to agriculture as the chief causes for the desperate condition of farmers in the state."

Various studies identified the important factors as insufficient or risky credit systems, the difficulty of farming semi-arid regions, poor agricultural income, absence of alternative income opportunities, a downturn in the urban economy which forced non-farmers into farming and the absence of suitable counseling services. ICAR and CCRI stated that the cost of cotton cultivation had jumped as a consequence of rising pesticide costs, while total Bt cotton production in the five years from 2007 to 2012 had declined.

[Ara_Tenkai]

Ippudu enduku tavvutunnav bhayya...as usual some dark shady act by a big corporate...

[dasari4kntr]

38 minutes ago, Ara_Tenkai said:

Ippudu enduku tavvutunnav bhayya...as usual some dark shady act by a big corporate...

This is just  research for my writing…

in my story protagonist is indian immigrant…and antagonist is white supremacist who hate immigrants..  

there is a discussion between them about globalization effects…

how international companies occupy the indian agri and other industries left us no choice to work for their companies..etc

[TOM_BHAYYA]

1 hour ago, dasari4kntr said:

This is just  research for my writing…

in my story protagonist is indian immigrant…and antagonist is white supremacist who hate immigrants..  

there is a discussion between them about globalization effects…

how international companies occupy the indian agri and other industries left us no choice to work for their companies..etc

Village backdrop lo kani story anukunte mathram ma maheshbabu ke cheppali bro story.. promise??

[dasari4kntr]

11 minutes ago, TOM_BHAYYA said:

Village backdrop lo kani story anukunte mathram ma maheshbabu ke cheppali bro story.. promise??

Lol…ok promise..

[Android_Halwa]

BT cotton is a type of cotton seed, genetically modified. Monsanto developed this seed and Mahyco introduced in India. 
 

Cotton cultivation Ki heavy pesticides use cheyalsi vachedi, literally in matter of just 1-2 days, acres of cotton fields lechi potunde. Bumper harvest anukunna crop kastha just a matter of few days Lo pests and insects valla crop loss vastunde. Especially bollworm ani, harvest time la vastadi and cotton ni motham tinestadi..

farmers used to suffer heavy losses and to avoid this, they kept on spraying insect killers and pesticides in the farms almost on a weekly basis. This increased their only costs and crop failure rate was very high..

[dasari4kntr]

5 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

BT cotton is a type of cotton seed, genetically modified. Monsanto developed this seed and Mahyco introduced in India. 
 

Cotton cultivation Ki heavy pesticides use cheyalsi vachedi, literally in matter of just 1-2 days, acres of cotton fields lechi potunde. Bumper harvest anukunna crop kastha just a matter of few days Lo pests and insects valla crop loss vastunde. Especially bollworm ani, harvest time la vastadi and cotton ni motham tinestadi..

farmers used to suffer heavy losses and to avoid this, they kept on spraying insect killers and pesticides in the farms almost on a weekly basis. This increased their only costs and crop failure rate was very high..

Appati media coverage links vunnaya..?

[Android_Halwa]

Then came Monsanto, whose BT variety became very popular else where was introduced in India. The seed was very expensive by then standards but they promised low or no insecticide/pesticide usage at the same time increased yields.

 

[Android_Halwa]

1 minute ago, dasari4kntr said:

Appati media coverage links vunnaya..?

Media coverage? Must be a joke…agri sector lo idi chala pedda cover up…you will never will never find any links or media coverage…big heads involve avuthe inkemi coverage vastadi and more over 80’s and 90’s were dark age in Indian media..

[dasari4kntr]

7 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Media coverage? Must be a joke…agri sector lo idi chala pedda cover up…you will never will never find any links or media coverage…big heads involve avuthe inkemi coverage vastadi and more over 80’s and 90’s were dark age in Indian media..

i will search it up if any info i can find…

but this is very cruel business…

Indian farmers who had previously spent as little as ₹7 (rupees) per kilogram were now paying up to ₹17,000 per kilo per year for Bt cotton.

and that seed is only used for one time crop…so every year formers have to buy from monsanto…

 

[Android_Halwa]

This seed was first introduced in Maharastra, Vidharbha region which the company claimed has well suited conditions for BT cotton seed. The govt actively promoted it..and sold this seed to farmers. 
 

This is where things went wrong…the local administration and seed dealers did everything they can to sell these seeds. So much so that other varieties of seeds were removed from the market and such marketers were threatened from selling the seeds..

The seeds failed miserably…forget about harvest seedlings kuda raledu…big time flop ayindi and this went on for 2-3 years. Every year okkokka region lo experiment chesinaru…Jalna, Parbhani, Latur, Osmanabad, etc districts in Mh Lo try chesina crop failure ayindi and no one owned up the responsibility…farmers Ki knowledge lekapovadam valla as usual they sprayed pesticides added fuel to the fire ani antaru..

ikadinunde massive cover up start ayindi..

[Android_Halwa]

The expedience seeds were sold to farmers on credit basis on the promise that it yields better and low use of pesticides. Crop fail ayindi but the seed mafia were hell bent on collecting the money from the farmers. Debt trap Ki push chesinaru..oka crop fail ayina malli vallaki sees ichi inkoka crop veyinchinaru..adi kuda poindi and with in short time, farmers were pushed into massive debt traps and recovery agents were harassing the farmers. This led to farmers suicides..

 

[Android_Halwa]

The farmers suicide what we hear today, purugula mandu taagi chanipovadam anedi more or less modalu ayindi ikadinunde…no official figures but thousands committed suicide and left villages for good…this happened for almost 2-3 years.

The state Govt and district administration knew what was happening , Monsanto also knew what was happening but laxity in laws, responsibility ni dodge cheyadam anedi jarigindi..

Official committes were formed to look into what has happened but the fact find missions never found any fact. Independent researchers were threatened and soon it became a political issue in Maharastra.

[Android_Halwa]

During that era, foreign companies mida chala against ga vuntunde..after 1984 Bhopal tragedy by Union Carbide and Companbhead escape avadam..compensation lekapovadam issues vall foreign companies Ki against ga vuntunde janata party and communists…politically vallaki idoka issue laaga dorikindi..it initially made huge sound but boh heads vundadam valla a sound evadiki vinipyaledu

[dasari4kntr]

3 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

The farmers suicide what we hear today, purugula mandu taagi chanipovadam anedi more or less modalu ayindi ikadinunde…no official figures but thousands committed suicide and left villages for good…this happened for almost 2-3 years.

The state Govt and district administration knew what was happening , Monsanto also knew what was happening but laxity in laws, responsibility ni dodge cheyadam anedi jarigindi..

Official committes were formed to look into what has happened but the fact find missions never found any fact. Independent researchers were threatened and soon it became a political issue in Maharastra.

 

At about the same time, the state agriculture minister barred the company from selling Bt cotton seed, because Monsanto refused a request by the state government to provide pay about Rs 4.5 crore (about one million US$) to indebted farmers in some districts, and because the government blamed Monsanto's seeds for crop failures. The order was later lifted.