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- GMO crop cultivation and utilization by farmers support food production system sustainability and build social opportunities for farmers and food producers by ensuring crop yields. Many GMO crops grow better than their non-GMO counterparts under environmental stresses and are thus able to ward off crop diseases and pests.
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The answer to that question is a complex one, but at its root is a lack of understanding of both Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs) as they pertain to crops and the food supply and the depth of the problem that agriculture faces over the next two decades and beyond.
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GMOs increase yields, reduce costs, and reduce agriculture’s...
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- How GM Technology Increased Output
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GM crop technology increased yields primarily through improved control of pests and weeds. Insect resistant (IR) crop technology used in cotton and corn has, between 1996 to 2020 across all users of this technology, increased yields by an average of 17.7 percent for IR corn and 14.5 percent for IR cotton relative to conventional production systems....
GM crop technology has also helped farmers who grow these crops to reduce the environmental impact associated with their crop protection practices. In the 25-year period from 1996 to 2020, crop biotechnology reduced the application of crop protection products by 748.6 million kilograms, a global reduction of 7.2 percent on the area planted to GM cr...
In terms of the environmental impact associated with herbicide and insecticide use on these crops, as measured by the EIQ indicator, the largest share of these improvements was also delivered by GM IR cotton, at about 40% of the total, followed by GM HT soybeans (26%).
At the country level, US farms have seen the largest environmental improvements, with a 322 million kg reduction in pesticide active ingredient use, 43% of the total. This is not surprising given that US farmers were first to make widespread use of GM crop technology and since the early 2000s, the GM adoption levels in all four of these US crops ha...
Brookes G. Farm income and production impacts from the use of GM crop technology 1996-2020. 2022. DOI: 10.1080/21645698.2022.2105626.Kovach J. Petzoldt C. Degni J. Tette J. A method to measure the environmental impact of pesticides. New York’s Food and Life Sciences Bulletin. NYS Agriculture. Exp. Sta. Cornell University, Geneva...Klumper W and Qaim M. A meta-analysis of the impacts of genetically modified crops. PLOS One. 2014.Dec 11, 2020 · GMO crops can grow with less water, energy and pesticides—all environmentally sustainable benefits. From a productivity standpoint, GMO crops also support food system workers.
Jun 15, 2023 · In response to the controversy over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) introduced into agriculture, the European Union established a regulatory system that included risk analysis, testing programs, and restricted criteria for adoption of GMOs into agricultural production and in GMO food shipments to European nations.
May 10, 2018 · GMOs increase yields, lower costs, and reduce the land and environmental footprint of agriculture. The benefits of this technology are shared among innovators, farmers, and consumers. Developing countries and poor farmers gain substantially from GMOs. Agricultural biotechnology is diverse, with many applications having different potential impacts.
