Films on Genetic Engineering/Bt Cotton in India

Booklets/Handbooks/CDs

1. "Government Lies to the Nation" - a short film on falsification of performance reports by official monitoring teams - Greenpeace India (english)

 

2. "Bt Cotton : A three-year Fraud" - a film on the experience of scores of Andhra Pradesh farmers in cultivating Bt Cotton from 2002 to 2005 - Community Media Trust, Deccan Development Society (english & telugu)

 

3. "Field Trials in India - Illegal & Unscientific" - a short investigative film capturing various illegal and unscientific practices related to field trials of GM crops (2-gene Bt Cotton specifically) - Monitoring & Evaluation Committee set up by civil society groups led by Greenpeace India & Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (english subtitles & captions)

 

4. "Safed Sone Ka Sach" - a documentary on the Bt Cotton experience of farmers of Madhya Pradesh and subsequent campaign against the GM crop - Sampark, Jhabua (hindi)

 

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1. "Genetic Engineering in Indian Agriculture - An Introductory Handbook", Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad (English)

2. "Genetically Engineered Crops & Foods - A Primer" - a simple guide to genetic engineering and various issues related to it, Gene Campaign (english)

3. "Frequently asked questions on Genetically Engineered Crops/Foods & Biosafety" - a booklet to answer some of the most common questions on GE and Biosafety, Gene Campaign (english and hindi)

4. "Kisan Suraksha Kawach" - A manual to empower farmers to make Bt Cotton companies accountable for failure of the crop - Monitoring & Evaluation Committee of civil society groups, led by Greenpeace India & Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (hindi, telugu, tamil, punjabi)

5. "Bt Kapaas: Bhartiya Kisan Ke Saath Vishwasgaath" - a booklet that captures the experience of Bt Cotton farmers in Madhya Pradesh - Sampark, Jhabua (hindi)

6. "Can India handle GM technology?" - booklet by Gene Campaign

7. "The Story of Bt Cotton in India" - compilation of information on Bt Cotton in a CD, Gene Campaign (english)

8. "Genetic Engineering FAQ" - Greenpeace India

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Posters

Briefing Papers/Leaflets/Presentations

1. "Say NO to Bt Cotton" - Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (telugu & english)

2. "GE Free India In The Making" - Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (english)

3. "Keep India GM-Free" - Coalition for GM-Free India (english)

4. "Keep India GM-Free" - Thanal

5. Hindi poster on Bt Cotton & potential problems - Sampark

 

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1. "Bt Brinjal Briefing Paper", Centre for Sustainable Agriculture

 

2. "The Problem with GE Rice", Greenpeace India

 

3. "Bt Cotton - A Deadly Trap", Forum for Biotechnology & Food Security

 

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