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Article

6 Feb 2006

Author:
Gerard Oonk, Director India Committee of the Netherlands

[PDF] Child labour at cotton seed suppliers for Mahyco-Monsanto in India

We have been informed that at present Monsanto, Bayer and Syngenta are taking up a number of activities to reduce the number of children involved in the production of cottonseed by farmers supplying seeds to Monsanto. We appreciate these efforts but are at the same time not yet convinced that the present approach of Monsanto will lead to success...In relation to Monsanto’s activities as part of the Child Labour Eradication Group (CLEG) of the Association of the Seed Industries (ASI), we...have a number of specific questions...