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Project

Bt cotton as a case study in India: Socio-economic and regulatory aspects

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01SM3013

Duration

01 January 2014 → 31 December 2015

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Godelieve Gheysen

Fellow

Bhagirath Choudhary

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Plant biology
Social sciences
- Applied economics
Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Agriculture, land and farm management
- Horticultural production

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.

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