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© 2011 wheresjenny.com India’s transgenic cotton tragedy

© 2011 wheresjenny.com  Hopes of a genetically modified crop bonanza in India are fading fast. Maharastra state has banned the use of a particular type of transgenic cotton made by industrial giant Monsanto, saying it’s a threat to people’s lives and to other crops.  Cotton is still the only GM crop in the country, and it’s so pervasive that nearly 90% of all cotton produced in India is genetically modified.  For Monsanto though, the troubles are far from over. The company’s seeds have been banned in one Indian state, with anti-GM activists demanding a larger ban. Reports have linked BT cotton to the suicide of over 10,000 farmers in India’s cotton belt.

© 2011 wheresjenny.com  Farmers committed suicide because they borrowed loans to buy the new promising crops from Monsanto which turned them down. Unable to make the money back, the farmers ended their lives leaving their old parents, wives and children behind.

© 2011 wheresjenny.com Comprehension 1) Why did Maharastra state has banned the use of a particular type of transgenic cotton made by industrial giant Monsanto? 2) Which is the only genetically modified crop in the country? 3) What is happening to the farmers because of these crops? 4) What is the reason behind question 3?

© 2011 wheresjenny.com Vocabulary: 1) Genetically 2) Modified 3) Ban 4) Anti 5) Activists 6) Commit suicide 7) Loan

© 2011 wheresjenny.com Writing: 1) How do you think the farmers’ families should be compensated for their loss? 2) What should happen to the company who supplied these crops to these poor people? 3) Do you think genetically modified crops is the answer to a better life?

© 2011 wheresjenny.com Conversation 1. Have you ever taken a loan for anything? E.g. house, car, studies? 2. Has it been easy to pay back? 3. Would you ever like to live like a farmer for a day? 4. Do you think farmers are happy with their lives? 5. What do you think our lives would be without them? 6. What should we do to improve their livelihood?