Bt cotton and the myth of enhanced yields

Journal or Publishing Institution: Economic and Political Weekly

Study: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40279055?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Author(s): Kuruganti, K.

Article Type: Report

Record ID: 1335

Abstract: It is presumed that remarkable increases in cotton productivity in India have come about through bacillus thuringiensis cotton and that this approach therefore must be replicated in other crops. This article explores the myth of rising yields of genetically modified crops and points out that genetic engineering has been at best neutral with respect to yield and in many cotton growing countries the average cotton yields have stagnated since the adoption of Bt cotton.

Citation: Kuruganti, K., 2009. Bt cotton and the myth of enhanced yields. Economic and Political Weekly, pp.29-33.