agriculture

“If you look at the adoption of biotech crops, there’s been a fairly substantial upward curve in the area planted,” says Graham Brookes, an agricultural economist and director of . “The primary reason for that is very simple. It’s because the economic benefits that farmers get from the technology are so significant that once they’ve tried the technology, they will use it again. They will tell their friends, their peers, and more farmers will use the technology.”
Brookes recently completed a review of the, specifically in respect to greenhouse gas emissions and pesticide applications. “We were surprised at the magnitude of the benefits both economic and environmental — especially the environmental benefits,” says Brookes.