Given current market prices around the world for genetically modified cotton and the average cost of pesticides for cotton farmers in West Africa, there is no way that this cotton could provide an economic advantage to the average West African cotton farmer, argues a report from Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN). "There is no justification for the current efforts to push Bt cotton into West Africa. The potential advantages of Bt cotton are very limited and far outweighed by the negative consequences that it could bring to farmers in the region," the report states.