PG Economics Released Impact Publications of Biotech Crops
In the light of ongoing world food security, agricultural sustainability and climate change debates, PG Economics has released three summary documents of the yield, income and environmental effects of biotech crops.
These summaries are supplemented by more detailed examinations of these impacts in the latest report on the global socio-economic and environmental impacts of the technology 1996-2007.
The three summaries document the real contribution of biotech crops to
improving global crop yields, increasing production (and estimated contributions to food security), improving farm income and reducing the environment footprint' of agriculture.http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/.
This article is part of the Crop Biotech Update, a weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Aquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA)
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