ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the debate over biotechnology in India, focusing in particular on activism within the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It discusses the movement in two parts, the first of which has been primarily involved in opposing GM crops, while the second has been promoting alternatives to GM crops and the input-heavy monocultures associated with Green Revolution agriculture. The chapter focuses on the opposition to GM crops. It also focuses on those participants who are promoting alternatives to GM crops. It explores some of the more problematic aspects of this movement's work, including some of the unintended consequences of their framing of the debate. Resistance to GM crops in the West has been dominated by consumer and environmental groups, particularly Greenpeace, with limited involvement of producers. Existing opposition to changes to Indian agriculture made during the Green Revolution have been extended to include GM crops.
