India imports 500,000 bales of high-quality ... “It will be done through indigenous varieties of cotton seeds,” the second person said. “Two decades ago, when Bt cotton was introduced ...

The court explained that under India’s Patents Act of 1970, plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented, and that royalties or “trait fees” on Monsanto’s cotton seeds, which are modified ...

Increasing import of raw and waste cotton in the last seven months has brought to fore the urgent need for measures to improve cotton productivity in India. Also Read:Allocation for cotton in ...

As of October 2024, the states cotton cultivation area expanded to 26.8 lakh hectares, marking an increase of 9 lakh hectares ...

Chandigarh: Even as the area under cotton in Punjab shrank to only 1 lakh hectares in 2024, the state govt on Tuesday said efforts would be made to re.

"Since the implementation of GM cotton in India in 2002, varieties such as Bollgard 1 and Bollgard 2, developed jointly with Monsanto of St. Louis, US, have effectively controlled certain bollworm ...