1st Edition
The Politics of GM Crops in India Public Policy Discourse
List of Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: The Historical Background 2. Critical Analysis of India's Regulatory Approach 3. The First GM Crop of India: The Existing Controversies Around Bt Cotton Cultivation 4. Theoretical Analysis of the Policy Development around GM Crops 5. Analysis of the Arguments of Policy Elites supporting or opposing GM Crops: Field based study in Delhi and Hyderabad 6. What do Farmers want? Field Survey Results of Telangana and Maharashtra 7. Summary and Conclusion Annexes: A. Open-Ended Questionnaire for Civil Society Activists B. Open-Ended Questionnaire for Scientists, Agricultural Economists and Member of Government Regulatory Bodies C. Field-Survey Questionnaire for Farmers Growing GM Crops. References. Index.
Biography
Asheesh Navneet is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur Campus, Maharashtra.
