'Cotton has now become a headache' A chemical-intensive Bt cotton monoculture is spreading through Odishas Rayagada district harming health, deepening debt, irreversibly er
Aga, Aniket; Choudhury, Chitrangada http://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/cotton-has-now-become-a-headache/
Publisher: People's Archive of Rural India Date Written: 07/10/2019 Year Published: 2019 Resource Type: Article
Kunari's account reflects a dependence brought about by cotton cultivation that is taking root across the ecologically sensitive highland tracts of Odisha's Rayagada district, with deep implications for its rich store of biodiversity, farmers' distress and food security (See Sowing the seeds of climate crisis in Odisha).
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