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GM Crop Cultivation: What’s Making India’s Farms Seem Like Genetic Minefields?

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Jul 19, 2019, 06:29 PM | Updated 06:29 PM IST

Behind the controversy surrounding the illegal cultivation of GM crops.

There's trouble in India's farms. In fact, right underneath them.

A controversy has brewed over the illegal cultivation of genetically modified crops. Three players - the farmers, the authorities, and the farm activists - are butting heads.

How is the situation developing?

Swarajya executive editor M R Subramani tells us what's going on.

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