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Seed industry concern is growing over farmers planting unauthorised Bt-3 (Bollgard-III) cottonseed, which GEAC has not approved. Industry sources estimate illegal seed could cover 10-15% of India's cotton area in the coming Kharif season.
Seed companies say they have made representations to the central government without progress.
Widespread unapproved GM cottonseed could erode legitimate seed sales and weaken regulatory control over cotton production, with limited direct effect on feed commodity prices.
agrinews.inRavi KFeb 27, 2021Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
