Auch für Bhagat brachte die Umstellung die Wende, denn die Aufwendungen sind hier spürbar tiefer.
Vom Anbau genveränderter Baumwolle haben die Bauern leidlich Abstand genommen − und Bhiwari, ein Dorf in Bhagats Nachbarschaft, ist stolz darauf, vor vier Jahren als erstes gentechfreies Dorf im indischen Baumwollgürtel anerkannt worden zu sein.
Mittlerweile sind es über 200 in der Gegend, und rund 000 Bauern schwören auf bio.
www.swissaid.chFor Bhagat, this conversion also meant turning a corner, as now costs are tangibly lower.
The farmers have adopted a reasonable distance from growing genetically modified cotton. Bhiwari, a village in Bhagat ’ s neighbourhood, is proud to have been recognised four years ago as the first GM-free village within the Indian cotton-growing region.
Now, there are more than 200 similar places in the area and about 50,000 farmers swear by organic methods.
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