ABSTRACT
This book emphasizes that the impact of an innovation such as Bt cotton should not be assessed simply in terms of yields or production costs but also with respect to the interactions with the institutions that govern farmers’ access to the technology. This chapter reviews the literature and presents other relevant information on the major institutional consequences of the early years of Bt cotton production. The issues examined include: the effect on the seed and input industry, the role of intellectual property regimes, the organization of input delivery and farmers’ access to information for managing the new technology.
