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| | A saga of failures |
 | | With the government and civil society groups speaking practically in one voice about the failure, supporting their argument with studies, the regulatory body, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, put on hold the renewal of approval for the company's seeds for the year 2005-06. |
 | | The crop failed in all the three years after its introduction, at least in parts of some districts such as Warangal, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Adilabad and Kurnool. |
 | | (Of the three varieties, Bollgard MECH 162 was introduced in the first year followed by MECH 184 and MECH 12 in the subsequent years.) In 2002, the first year, it was a double shock for the growers in the perennially drought-hit Mahbubnagar district. |
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