Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Haque MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247817 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haque Muhammad Shahidul MS Saha Nihar Ranjan NR
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20200514
This study surveyed the onsite biosafety measures adopted by the farmers cultivating Bt-brinjal, the socio-economic impact, and the challenges of Bt-brinjal cultivation in Bangladesh through interviews of 101 farmers from 26 Upazila (administrative region) under 20 Districts. Bt-brinjal 2, released by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), is cultivated by 35% of the surveyed farmers. It was revealed that 52% of farmers maintained border crops. Among the growers, 52% informed that th ...[more]