ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the trajectory of the debate and controversy over GM crops in Mexico, Brazil and India. In the countries Brazil and India both GM soya and GM Bt cotton are grown illegally and they are retrospectively approved by regulatory bodies for pragmatic reasons. The ethnographic studies in rural communities seeks to understand the debate on GM crops namely GM maize in Mexico, GM soya in Brazil, GM cotton in India for local farming and food practices. In India and Brazil GM crops are aggressively marketed by seed companies with promises of increased productivity that ease applications and profits. Stakeholders in India and Brazil reproduce divergent perspectives on GM crops as there was less differentiation associated when compared with other GM crops. A key element of the agricultural research aims to understand the lay public attitudes to GM crops and foods across Mexico, Brazil and India.
