Reply for 1: Thanks for inputs.. If there is some amendments to be made in writing , I will think about it.

Reply for 2 : Please consult whether this guy is really speaking truth!



I am Dr. Prakash, working as Senior Vegetable Breeder in Namdhari Seeds, one
of the reputed seed companies based in South India.

Since its introduction in 2002, Bt technology in cotton is a huge success in
India. Looking at the speed of adoption of this technology, now India has
become the second largest producer of cotton in the world with production of
315 lakh bales. Approximately four million growers are cultivating Bt cotton
in an area of 225 lakh acres in 2008 from a mere 72,000 acres in 2002, the
year of introduction of this technology. [1 lakh = 100,000...Moderator].
Today, nearly 23 private seed companies are actively engaged in using
Bollgard I and II events of Monsanto in cotton alone. Some of the public
institutes are also engaged in tranferring this technology to the local
cultivars of cotton to make sure this technology would be affordable to the
poor farmers of India as well.

In addition to cotton, there are over a dozen transgenic crops including
eggplant, okra, cabbage, cauliflower, corn and rice that are in the process
of getting regulatory approval from the government for commercial
cultivation. Looking into the present scenario, next couple of years would
certainly be the technological era that Indian growers can look for the
beneficial traits developed through biotechnology.

Dr. Prakash
Senior Vegetable Breeder
Namdhari Seeds
Bidadi - 562 109
India
dr.prakash (at) namdhariseeds.com