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Insect-resistant cotton approved for release to farmers in Malawi and planted by 20,000 farmers during the first growing season

Following several years of confined field trials and on-farm trials to test the safety and performance of Bt cotton hybrid varieties, the Government of Malawi approved their release to farmers for the 2019-2020 season. 20,000 farmers planted it. The Program for Biosafety Systems provided technical s...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2020
Subjects:
farmers
varieties
cotton
government
systems
biosafety
safety
field trials
trials
on-farm trials
programmes
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121621
Summary:Following several years of confined field trials and on-farm trials to test the safety and performance of Bt cotton hybrid varieties, the Government of Malawi approved their release to farmers for the 2019-2020 season. 20,000 farmers planted it. The Program for Biosafety Systems provided technical support to the government throughout this process.

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