GENETICALLY MODIFIED COTTON USE ON THE RISE
GENETICALLY MODIFIED COTTON USE ON THE RISE
September 16, 2003 The Business Standard Sangita Shah in Mumbai Genetically engineered (GE) varieties of cotton was, according to this story, being used by increasingly larger number of textile companies worldwide and accounted for 34 per cent of world cotton exports in 2002-03. There was no price difference between genetically engineered and conventionally produced cotton fibre and textiles, the recently concluded 62nd plenary meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) reported. A joint study by the secretariats of FAO and ICAC indicated that cottonšs share of retail fibre consumption rose or was steady during the past decade in only a handful of countries, notably USA. |
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