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The High Price of GM Corn in India

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Indian farmers growing Monsanto's Bt cotton saw dramatic increases in yields. And how fare the farmers?

"We're getting higher yields, but we're not better off," said T. Venkatesh, one of the cotton farmers, in an interview. "Our costs have gone up much faster than the price of cotton."
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