India: Supply of genetically modified cottonseeds is in short supply or affected

According to foreign reports on February 17, in recent years, a large number of genetically modified cotton varieties have been used in India, and cotton production has continued to increase. However, the recent increase in the cost of cottonseed production in India (approximately 30-40%), but the price of cottonseed can not keep up, Shanhu Shantharam, executive director of the Indian Agricultural Biotechnology Association predicts that 2011/12 Indian GM cotton seed production will be reduced by 2.25 million kg The demand in 2012/13 will reach 18 million kilograms, and the amount of cottonseed that domestic seed companies can produce each year is only about 15.75 million kilograms. Therefore, the supply of cottonseeds tends to be in short supply, and the cotton yield may suffer.