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Farm income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2016
This paper estimates the value of using genetically modified (GM) crop technology in agriculture at the farm level. It follows and updates earlier annual studies which examined impacts on yields, key variable costs of production, direct farm (gross) income and impacts on the production base of the f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277065/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29889608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2018.1464866 |
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description | This paper estimates the value of using genetically modified (GM) crop technology in agriculture at the farm level. It follows and updates earlier annual studies which examined impacts on yields, key variable costs of production, direct farm (gross) income and impacts on the production base of the four main crops of soybeans, corn, cotton and canola. The commercialisation of GM crops has occurred at a rapid rate since the mid 1990s, with important changes in both the overall level of adoption and impact occurring in 2016. This annual updated analysis shows that there continues to be very significant net economic benefits at the farm level amounting to $18.2 billion in 2016 and $186.1 billion for the period 1996–2016 (in nominal terms). These gains have been divided 48% to farmers in developed countries and 52% to farmers in developing countries. About 65% of the gains have derived from yield and production gains with the remaining 35% coming from cost savings. The technology has also made important contributions to increasing global production levels of the four main crops, having, for example, added 213 million tonnes and 405 million tonnes respectively, to the global production of soybeans and maize since the introduction of the technology in the mid 1990s. |
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spelling | pubmed-62770652019-06-11 Farm income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2016 Brookes, Graham Barfoot, Peter GM Crops Food Research Paper This paper estimates the value of using genetically modified (GM) crop technology in agriculture at the farm level. It follows and updates earlier annual studies which examined impacts on yields, key variable costs of production, direct farm (gross) income and impacts on the production base of the four main crops of soybeans, corn, cotton and canola. The commercialisation of GM crops has occurred at a rapid rate since the mid 1990s, with important changes in both the overall level of adoption and impact occurring in 2016. This annual updated analysis shows that there continues to be very significant net economic benefits at the farm level amounting to $18.2 billion in 2016 and $186.1 billion for the period 1996–2016 (in nominal terms). These gains have been divided 48% to farmers in developed countries and 52% to farmers in developing countries. About 65% of the gains have derived from yield and production gains with the remaining 35% coming from cost savings. The technology has also made important contributions to increasing global production levels of the four main crops, having, for example, added 213 million tonnes and 405 million tonnes respectively, to the global production of soybeans and maize since the introduction of the technology in the mid 1990s. Taylor & Francis 2018-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6277065/ /pubmed/29889608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2018.1464866 Text en © 2018 Taylor & Francis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. |
spellingShingle | Research Paper Brookes, Graham Barfoot, Peter Farm income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2016 |
title | Farm income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2016 |
title_full | Farm income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2016 |
title_fullStr | Farm income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2016 |
title_full_unstemmed | Farm income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2016 |
title_short | Farm income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2016 |
title_sort | farm income and production impacts of using gm crop technology 1996–2016 |
topic | Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277065/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29889608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2018.1464866 |
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