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It pays not to cultivate GM crops, survey finds
Topic Started: Oct 8 2010, 08:38 PM (320 Views)
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It pays not to cultivate GM crops, survey finds
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By Steve Connor, Science Editor

Friday, 8 October 2010

The first economic analysis of growing genetically modified crops on a wide scale has found that the biggest winners were the farmers who decided not to grow them.

The study, which looked at maize yields in the corn belt of the United States, found that farmers who continued to grow conventional crops actually earned more money over a 14-year period than those who cultivated GM varieties.


http://buzzflash.com/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/it-pays-unotu-to-cultivate-gm-crops-survey-finds-2100999.html
Edited by mynameis, Oct 8 2010, 08:39 PM.
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