Genetically engineered eggplant improving lives in Bangladesh
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 05:10
in Earth & Climate
Ansar Ali earned just 11,000 taka – about $130 U.S. dollars – from eggplant he grew last year in Bangladesh. This year, after planting Bt eggplant, he brought home more than double that amount, 27,000 taka. It's a life-changing improvement for a subsistence farmer like Ali.