(American Council on Science and Health)
The author’s words from the article abstract nicely state the research conclusions: “Farm surveys of randomly selected farm households that are cultivating the insect-resistant GM rice varieties, without the aid of experimental station technicians, demonstrate that when compared with households cultivating non-GM rice, small and poor farm households benefit from adopting GM rice by both higher crop yields and reduced use of pesticides, which also contribute to improved health” (Huang 2005).
Related: We’ve never had it so good—and it’s all thanks to science, an old Guardian article by Matt Ridley, a favorite science writer.
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