More than half a million children in India below 18 years are growing cottonseed and vegetable seeds under hazardous conditions, including very long working hours and exposure to pesticides...Child labour below age 14 in cottonseed production, although still a huge problem, has decreased in India by 25%. The decline is greater in areas where the MV Foundation (an NGO) and companies like Bayer and Monsanto have made efforts to eliminate it...[with links to reports: "Seeds of Child Labour - Signs of Hope: Child and Adult Labour in Cottonseed Production in India" and "Growing Up in the Danger Fields: Child and Adult Labour in Vegetable Seed Production in India"]