As an agricultural economics student, I can cite the textbook figures: the cost for one acre of Bt cotton is roughly ₹35,000, with an average yield of 10 quintals and a modest profit in a normal year. However, in a pink bollworm outbreak year, the yield can drop by half, turning profit into significant loss. What the books don't show is the human cost—like my cousin in Sirsa who, last year, watched his entire investment wilt while listening to the same radio plays I do, his silence more telling than any ledger.
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