Bt brinjal currently being set up. An irregularity was also brought to the notice of the Karnataka Biodiversity Board by Environment Support Group, a charitable trust in Bengaluru, in February 2010. It found that agencies accessed at least 10 brinjal varieties from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu without seeking prior consent of the National Biodiversity Authority and state biodiversity boards. Mahyco became India’s first commercial entity to be accused of bio-piracy, or misappropriation, of local germplasm. In October 2013, the Indian High Court was pursuing criminal proceedings against senior officials of Mahyco-Monsanto. On 30 October 2013 with approvals from the ministries of Environment
Berry 1.8 million acres of land worldwide cultivating berries, with 6.3 million tons produced. According to figures from Global Berry Congress 2015 in the US, over 6 million dollars of soft fruit are sold, accounting for 19% of total supermarket revenue, more than bananas (a botanical berry) at 11%, and apples (14%), with continued rapid growth in the market expected. In certain regions, berrypicking can be a large part of the economy, and it is becoming increasingly common for western European countries such as Sweden and Finland to import cheap labor from Thailand or Bulgaria to do the berry picking. This