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  Ecological impact of GM crops: time for a sober scientific assessment

  Science in Africa, 2004

  Assessing the environmental impact of genetically modified (GM) crops requires more than just a tunnel vision approach which looks at hypothetical risks, this article argues.
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  Ten years of genetically modified crops in Argentine agriculture

  Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (National Institute for Agricultural Technology), Argentina, 2006

  Argentina is the world's second largest producer of genetically modified (GM) crops, after the United States, with over 17 million hectares planted. This paper explores the assertion that the introduction of GM crops into Argentinian agriculture represents a turning point not only for the farm sector but for the economy as a whole.
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  Tarnishing silver bullets: Bt technology adoption, bounded rationality and the outbreak of secondary pest infestations in China

  GRAIN, 2006

  The adoption of Bt cotton has had a huge impact on global cotton production. Many studies have focused on the potentially positive impact of Bt and the savings on pesticides targeting primary pests. However, in China, growing secondary pest populations have slowly eroded the benefits of Bt technology.
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  Bales and balance: a review of the methods used to assess the economic impact of Bt cotton on farmers in developing economies

  AgBioForum, 2006

  This paper assesses 47 peer-reviewed articles that have applied stated economic methods to measure the farm-level impacts of Bt cotton in developing agriculture from 1996. The authors focus on methods, although findings are also contrasted and compared in qualitative terms.
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  New generation of GM crops could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than grounding all the aircraft in the world

  Soyatech, 2007

  There is a growing realisation that climate change will present a serious challenge for farmers – and that could mean big profits for companies that can help them adapt to environmental stress. This article examines the new generation of genetically modified (GM) crops which are emerging in response to a changing climate. Points made include:
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  The next genetic revolution?

  The Ecologist, 2007

  In recent years, the biotech industry has put considerable effort into attempting to reposition genetically modified (GM) crops as a non-food, industrial “green” energy commodity. While genetically modified biofuel crops are already a reality in the US, the planting of GM crops in Europe is still very limited due to public resistance.
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  Livestock breeding in the hands of corporations

  GRAIN, 2008

  This paper explores developments in the global livestock industry and their impact on smallholder farmers and the environment in developing countries. In particular, it considers the effect of free trade agreements, government policy, industrial companies and the technological revolution in fields like genetics.
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  Socio-economic and political concerns for GM foods and biotechnology adoption in the Philippines

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper assesses the political and socio-economic concerns surrounding GM foods and bio-technology in the Philippines. It particularly focuses on past experiences and looking at what the future holds for GM in the country.
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  Biofortified crops and biotechnology: a political economy landscape for India

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper assesses the political receptivity to bio-fortification in India, especially when it involves genetic engineering. The paper draws on an understanding of political economy of pro-poor policies as well as the political responses to Bt cotton - the only GM crop that has received regulatory approval.
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  Patterns of political response to biofortified varieties of crops produced with different breeding techniques and agronomic traits

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper examines the political response to two crops that were nutritionally enhanced through conventional breeding - Quality Protein Maize (QPM) and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. It also looks at the political response to other food crops - maize, potato, and papaya ,as well as biofortified Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) rice, potatoes, cassava, and sorghum.

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