How Bt brijnal made Bangladesh a global 'role model'

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Language: English

Publication Year: 2020

Since entering the market in 2014, Bt brinjal has helped smallholder farmers in Bangladesh achieve higher yields, a 60 percent reduction in pesticide costs and a six-fold increase in net returns. The crop has been so successful that the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service recently released a report that hailed Bangladesh as "a role model of acceptance and advancement of modern agricultural biotechnology."

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Bt , GMO

Content Pillars

Food Security

Focus Area

Agricultural Biotechnology , Agriculture , Science Communication

Keywords

Bangladesh, Bt brinjal, GMO, Farmers income, Pesticide

Country

Bangladesh

Published Date

15 Apr 2020

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