Organic cotton

‘‘It was difficult to convince farmers to stop using chemicals and go back to neem oil and cow dung. Though the difference in the cost of producing organic cotton and ordinary cotton is not much, it is the patience and skills required to grow organic crops that discourages farmers,’’ recollects Dipesh Shroff, director of Agro Cell. Hesitant to grow organic cotton, farmers now admit the initiative has brought them stability and promising returns.

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