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It indeed is. You probably haven't heard about University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad or Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore have you? Neither did I until I read Brand's book.
But it was them who created the Bt brinjal and released it to India and Bangladesh, leading to a 39% reduction in the use of pesticides and 43% increase in yield. Which, by the way, translates to equivalent decrease in land use.