This paper is relevant to the impact areas in the following areas:
Crops | Cotton, Maize, Soybean |
Traits | Herbicide Tolerance, Insect Res. (BT), Insect Resistance |
Countries | Not country-specific |
Regions | Not region-specific |
Tags | Carbon dioxide, climate change, Greenhouse gases, Nitrous oxide, no-till, Soybean production, Tillage systems |
Agricultural biotechnology is vigorously opposed by most environmental groups because of uncertain environmental risks. In this paper, we consider the ways agricultural biotechnology adoption addresses a more certain environmental risk and principal concern of policymakers and environmentalists alike, namely, global climate change
Agricultural Biotechnology Can Help Mitigate Climate Change (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details)
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