Genetically Modified Crops in India: The Bt Brinjal Controversy

Abstract

This case discusses the introduction of Bt brinjal in India in the backdrop of the controversy surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops in India. Monsanto Holdings P Ltd, a US based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation that promoted GM crops in India through Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech (a 50:50 joint venture between Monsanto and Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company) found itself in the center of this debate. India, as a party to the Convention on Biodiversity and having ratified the Cartagena Protocol (CP) is committed to the safe handling of living modified organisms (LMOs) or GMOs. CP provides a broad framework on biosafety especially focusing on transboundary movements of GMOs and also covers seeds that are meant for intentional release into the environment, as well as those GMOs that are intended for food, feed or used in food processing. ....

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Issues

The case is structured to achieve the following teaching objectives:

• Analyze the business environment for GM crops in India.
  
• Study the regulatory environment pertaining to GM crops in India.
  
• Understand the Biosafety protocol and its necessity and relevance to developing countries like India.
  
• Understand biosafety governance in India: its accuracy and lacunae
  
• Discuss the role of activists and researchers in influencing policies
  

Keywords

Business environment, Regulatory environment, Sustainable development, Biodiversity, Public policy, Genetically modified crops, Biosafety, Cartagena protocol, Genetic engineering, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Monsanto, Mahyco-Monsanto, Bt cotton, Bt brinjal,Monsanto Holdings,Agricultural biotechnology,Biosafety,Hybrid Seeds,Cartagena Protocol,transgenic crop,sizeable population,Green Revolution, mono cropping,Biosafety,

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