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Its great but millions dont really matter to companies like monsanto. The company has already destroyed much life in India that cannot be reclaimed
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This is only the beginning, as people continue to wake up to deceitful corporations this will happen more and more. Vote with $$$ it will work overtime.
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This article is grossly overstated. Vandana Shiva says it is 54,000 suicides, which is horrible enough, but it is nowhere near 300,000. And for a company like Monsanto which is worth 41 billion, losing $15 million is nothing.
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The farmers are to be comended. Let them continue to kick all pesticides and unnatural stuff out
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Yowzaaah!! it shows a beginning awareness for the need to take action. Every big movement starts with small steps and then gathers momentum. My fullest support.
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Good !!,but cotton is off the menue,Market with wool since Dupont and the oil wars…ya kown
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Monsanto knew that it was the custom for farmers to gather seed and replant. They won a lawsuit stopping farmers from doing just that so they’d have to buy the seed every year. The farmers who are already living in poverty, could not afford to do that. Looks like they’re telling Monsanto exactly what they think of their seed and going back to traditional seed.
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Nick Proctor So now they’re no longer going to contract with Monsanto. Good for them.
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Once again Ecosnippet’s messing up another report. It your going to cut and paste from over a year ago at least get it right. Monsanto is with drawing their seed from the market because the Indian government keeps under cutting them. This is causing a 4/5 of a reduction in seed available for the farmers in India. Due to the government’s poor business practices this is also causing other businesses to look closely at India’s poor business practices and it’s Prime minister.
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Um. It doesn’t appear that Indian farmers are really rejecting Bt cotton. India is the 4th largest GMO producing nation on the planet with 11.6 million hectares planted in 2013. That is a lot of crop planted by millions of farmers. I can’t imagine that many of them being duped into growing something bad or something that they do not want… farmers are not stupid. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/india-worlds-4th-in-gm-crop-acreage-well-ahead-of-china/
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Please move out of Monsanto net it sucks your blood and makes you and your land use less
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Who runs this page? Its called RESEARCH……try it, especially scientific research, you will be amazed!!!
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Total BS. Wish Ecosnippet would actually do some research. Monsanto is the one holding out on India go to a real source like Bloomsburg to get factual economic news. India still used GMO cotton.
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A “real” source like Bloomberg??? Monsanto is the one “holding out” on India??? Who pays you to write this garbage?
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Simon Bull do some actual research then get back to us. First of all this article has been repeated at least 10 times this last year alone. There reference to India’s prime minister is incorrect Monsanto is the one who pulled out because India didn’t what to pay them what they wanted now that the prices have gone up to what they want Monsanto is back to selling the bulk of the cotton seeds in India close to 80%. Lowest time two years ago when they didn’t want to sell their newest seed it was 60% of the seed sold in India.
Reply It only works, if you dont buy or use the enemys weapons they have designed to kill you.
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The Indians are developing their own GM varieties – after Monsanto refused to release its second generation cotton cultivar, because New Delhi demanded that it share the technology. ‘Researchers at NSL, India’s largest seed company, claim to have developed a new trait by combining two existing genes. “We have tested the gene at the laboratory and found it to be successful in resisting bollworm attacks. The breeding of the gene is being conducted at our Hyderabad facility,” NSL Chairman and Managing Director M Prabhakar Rao told BusinessLine. ‘http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/nuziveedu-seeds-develops-gene-to-resist-bollworm-in-bt-cotton/article9857952.ece
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Totally the sheep like Leigh Sunders, Allysen Caris, and Carole Frederick Marcum that believe the stuff that comes from Ecosnippet use your brain. Do your own research. Don’t believe the crap on Facebook.
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Nothing compared to what India has already lost thanks to GM cotton and the way it was marketed there.
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It’s a start, but “millions” is probably pocket change for these guys. Do it globally and your looking at some impact
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They should be allowed to plant what works best for them–for 1000s of years! Monsanto is an evil corporation and the USDA needs to keep their policies with the people!
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Thats great news! Now if other countries would get on board, we could really hit em where it hurts
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More BS from Ecosnippits. Three year old story and it was Monsanto that stopped selling to India because they where under cutting them. As of a year ago India only buys from Monsanto. Stop reading this fake news blog.
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