India Harvests First Biotech Cotton Crop

For decades, scientists, farmers and policymakers alike have debated the role biotechnology should play in farming. Many countries in the Western Hemisphere have long been proponents of genetic engineering as a means of injecting more, healthier crops into the world food market. And while Europe and much of the developing world remains skeptical, fearing environmental disasters or health complications, India recently reaped its first harvest of modified seeds. But as the Washington Post article discusses, the debate continues to rage within India to what extent genetically modified crops, and their Western producers, will come to dominate the nation’s farming industry. – YaleGlobal.