This paper is relevant to the impact areas in the following areas:
| Crops | Cotton, Maize, Oilseed Rape, Potato, Soybean, Sweet Potato |
| Traits | Herbicide Tolerance, Insect Res. (BT), Insect Resistance, Virus Resistance |
| Countries | US |
| Regions | North America |
| Tags | economics, pesticide reduction, US |
The purpose of this study is to compile and characterise the farm-level evidence of the impacts of transgenic field crops available in the public domain and to determine if any general implications can be drawn from it. The studies show that, compared to their conventional counterparts, transgenic crops have consistently higher average profit and, for the most part, lower pesticide use.
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The payoffs to transgenic field crops: An assessment of the evidence. (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details)
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