For decades, it had become difficult for farmers to obtain good quality organic cotton seed. Large companies with their genetically modified (GM) seeds controlled the market and others had not really been developed or were of inferior quality when it came to fibrequality and yield. This should now charge with the newly developed varieties that were developed through a decentralized organic participatory breeding program of FiBL Switzerland and partners. These new varieties are a success in the fight against the organic cotton seed crisis. They have been tested under organic conditions and officially released on September 8 by the State Seed Sub Committee of Madhya Pradesh, the largest organic cotton-growing state in India.
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