If the farmers stop growing the registered potato variety used in its Lays chips.
In the wake of criticism over its ?4.2 crore lawsuit against four Gujarati potato farmers, food and beverages giant PepsiCo has offered to settle the case if the farmers stop growing the registered potato variety used in its Lays chips.
In an Ahmedabad civil court on Friday, PepsiCo’s lawyer offered a settlement on these terms: the farmers must give an undertaking that they will not use its registered variety and destroy their existing stocks, or must enter PepsiCo’s collaborative farming programme where farmers buy seeds from the company and sell the produce back to the company.
The lawyer for the farmers said they would need time to consider the offer, and to reply to the court.
The next hearing is on June 12.
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