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Now, Maharashtra’s women farmers plan to defy GM ban, get ready to plant HT cotton seeds

Manasi Phadke - June 21, 2019

Women farmers led by Maya Pusadekar are set to plant the unapproved herbicide tolerant Bt cotton at Pusada village in Amravati on Pusadekar’s land.

2 more Maharashtra farmers sow GM cotton, say it’s their ‘civil disobedience movement’

Manasi Phadke - June 13, 2019

Move by the two farmers, who are from Ahmednagar and Akola districts, comes 3 days after a huge protest in Akola against ban on GM seeds in India.

‘Don’t want subsidies, just tech’: Farmers plant GM cotton in Maharashtra, defy crop ban

Manasi Phadke - June 10, 2019

The farmer, a member of the Shetkari Sanghatana, which backs GM crops, planted the modified cotton in Maharashtra's cotton-growing Akola district.

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Topic: HT Cotton

Now, Maharashtra’s women farmers plan to defy GM ban, get ready to plant HT cotton seeds

2 more Maharashtra farmers sow GM cotton, say it’s their ‘civil disobedience movement’

‘Don’t want subsidies, just tech’: Farmers plant GM cotton in Maharashtra, defy crop ban

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YourTurn

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Opinion

Why Rahul Gandhi wasn’t allowed to read an excerpt from General Naravane’s memoir

How neo-casteists set up a symphony orchestra to make UGC equity guidelines fail

The era of critical-minerals shortages is behind us. Era of gluts about to dawn

Economy

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Defence

Adani Defence teams up with Italy’s Leonardo to tap India’s mega helicopter market

National Interest

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

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