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Fig. 6

From: Bio-economics of Indian hybrid Bt cotton and farmer suicides

Fig. 6

Bioeconomic summary map of simulated average rainfed cotton yields and a partial budget during 1980–2010 in south central Indian states of Andhra Pradesh (AP), Gujarat (GJ), Karnataka (KA), Madhya Pradesh (MP), and Maharashtra (MH) (see [1]) assuming current hybrid varieties at 2.5 plants m−2: a the geographic distribution of prospective average lint cotton yields with a partial budget of costs of organic (Org.- solid box, indicating net revenues after accounting for labor and fertilizer costs) and non-organic production (N-org. --- dashed box, indicating net revenues after accounting for labor, fertilizer, Bt seed, and insecticide costs), b a frequency histogram of lattice cells with average kg ha−1 yield, c a plot of kg lint ha−1 on average annual rainfall (mm), and d a plot of average annual rainfall on the coefficient of variation (%) of rainfall. The location of Yavatmal, MH is indicated in 6a by the symbol (•)

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