Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of Genetically Modified Crops by Sachin Chaturvedi & Krishna Ravi Srinivas

Author:Sachin Chaturvedi & Krishna Ravi Srinivas
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789813295117
Publisher: Springer Singapore

6.3.10 Knowledge and Perception on LMOs

All the Maize farmers and 93% of Brinjal farmers were aware about GM Cotton. More than 90% of both the farmers have cultivated GM Cotton and experienced higher yield for GM cotton. Most of the farmers noticed around 25% increase in income due to GM Cotton cultivation. All the Maize farmers desired to have herbicide tolerance and insect resistance in maize hybrids. In brinjal 75% of the farmers desired to have a shoot and fruit borer resistance in a brinjal variety. Both the categories of farmers desired to have GM trait against Sucking and Lepidopteral pest and herbicide tolerance. The farmers in general did not have any idea on adverse effect of GM crops on human, on livestock or on environment. All the Maize farmers and 77% of Brinjal farmers were willing to adopt proposed GM crop with desired traits. Farmers are willing to pay extra cost up to 25% in Maize and 30% in brinjal with desirable traits. Most of the farmers experienced for 22–30 years the traits under study, pest incidence and weed problem, and expect 25% increase in yield in Maize and 50% in Brinjal if the problem is addressed.

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