Farmers everywhere like GM crops

Peer-reviewed surveys indicate positive impact of commercialized GM crops

Janet E Carpenter

The benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops continue to be disputed, despite rapid and widespread adoption since their commercial introduction in the United States and Canada in 1995. Last year, 14 million farmers in 25 countries grew GM crops commercially, over 90% of them small farmers in developing countries.
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Correspondence

Nature Biotechnology 28, 319 – 321 (2010)

doi:10.1038/nbt0410-319