About the Book: Biotechnology For A Second Green Revolution In India
This book is the first of its kind in examining the role of biotechnology for
reviving Indian agriculture and accelerating farmers incomes. It examines the
empirical evidence in various agro-ecologies on already commercialised
technologies, and also technologies on shelf like Bt brinjal, and herbicide
tolerant maize and cotton. The political economy behind the public policies for
biotechnologies, reasons for continuing controversies, and impacts of labelling
policies and seed-pricing controls are examined in greater detail. In the past
few years, discussion on genetically engineered crops has been particularly
contentious, in the backdrop of concerns on food security and