Attitude of Farmers towards Bt Cotton Production Technology

Since the introduction and commercialization of Bt cotton (Bacillus thuringiensis) in India, most of the area for cotton production has been occupied by the Bt cotton. However, despite its popularity, some farmers are still very much skeptical about the advantages of planting Bt and are wary of its possible effects on conventional cotton, the environment and the human health being genetically modified, as such, would not cultivate it. The present study was conducted to investigate the attitude of farmers towards Bt cotton production technology regarding environment aspect, economic, social and technological aspect of Bt cotton production technology in cotton growing districts of Haryana. According to the weighted mean scores attitude of the respondents towards all four aspects of sustainability (environment, economic, social and technological) of Bt cotton production technology was positive and favourable.