Verena Hanschke
RCA Department
Communication Art & Design
This project started with a two-month trip to the Vidarbha Region in India. It examined the extent of an advertising campaign and the claims made by the worlds biggest producer of genetically modified seeds.
Through interviews and discussions with more than 15 widows of GM cotton farmers, seed shop owners, the head of the local GM seed company Ankur Seeds and an organic farmer who has been developing a native seed bank that helps farmers to return to native seeds. Presented in a book, video and new campaign, photographs and stories behind the farmers and the possible reasons why they committed suicide are illustrated.
Commendation for the Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2009
