An International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) study that studied 21 nations for biotech (BT) use has ranked India as the 7th highest biotech adopter. Globally, India also experienced the greatest growth for any BT crop in 2005. Specifically, cotton production grew by 160% with a 160% increase in the acreage used for cotton. It is not clear how BT contributed to the increase in production. Several states including Adhra Pradesh and Maharashtra saw farmers losing entire crops due to defective or ineffective BT seeds. Environment NGOs are demanding that Government ban field trials of second generation seeds from US major Monsanto as it violates bio-safety standards. They accuse the Government of hiding information and lack of monitoring of usage and safety norms. They, along with farmer groups, also want seed companies to be held accountable for crop failure. Of the 21 known genetically engineered consumables, 13 have been illegally tested in unknown locations. Crop failure is one of the reasons for high suicide among farmers and experimental farming increases the chances of crop failure, which could lead to higher number of suicides.