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Major Nikon

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9. Non-peer reviewed "research"
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 09:48 AM
Oct 2016

Both using non-specific trends far removed from empirical study.

Meanwhile the NYT seems to have conveniently missed this part from their own source:

They did not segregate their results by crop, but in aggregate they found that yields of maize and cotton were 22 percent greater when a Bt trait was present (n=353).


Meanwhile Actual peer-reviewed analysis has this to say:

Results

On average, GM technology adoption has reduced chemical pesticide use by 37%, increased crop yields by 22%, and increased farmer profits by 68%. Yield gains and pesticide reductions are larger for insect-resistant crops than for herbicide-tolerant crops. Yield and profit gains are higher in developing countries than in developed countries.

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