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EU-backed activists force closure of research farm in Brazil
With the financial backing of European governments, two activist groups have forced the confiscation of a research farm in Brazil. The groups, Landless Workers Movement, (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra/MST) and Via Campesina, are responsible for violent conflicts at Syngenta's facility in ParanĂ¡ state, in the South of Brazil. As a result, two are dead, and Syngenta must look elsewhere to conduct research.

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Has Bt cotton reduced farmer suicides in India?
It sure looks like it, and it makes sense. Farmers growing Bt cotton have seen their net revenues double, which wouldn't seem to inspire despondency. And now, data in a new research paper looking at Bt cotton and farmer suicide suggest an inverse relationship -- that Bt cotton may reduce farmer suicides.