Code
01SM3013
Duration
01 January 2014 → 31 December 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production not elsewhere classified
Keywords
cotton farmers
analysis of costs and profits
security of harvest
Project description
Bt cotton is a gmo that consitutes most of cotton cultivation in India. This study wants to analyse the biosafety and regulatory system in India and makes a socio-economics comparison of Bt-cotton for farmers that use irrigation or not. Purthermore the effect of cotton expansion on cultivation of food crops will be analysed.