National and Global Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops

(June 2023) - We estimate the impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on countrywide yields, harvested area, and trade using a triple-differences rollout design that exploits variation in the availability of GM seeds across crops, countries, and time. We find positive impacts on yields, especially in poor countries. Our estimates imply that without GM crops, the world would have needed 3.4 percent additional cropland to keep global agricultural output at its 2019 level. We also find that bans on GM cultivation have limited the global gain from GM adoption to one-third of its potential. Poor countries would benefit most from lifting such bans.

HubertManne,
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Look if you can't tell example from a statement of fact that is that and if you only want to preach with your choir thats fine. But again I am fine with gmo if I know what was done. It has nothing to do with what is currently being done with gmo or not but what can be done. Since what can be done is so broad anyone would be foolish to make decisions just on the overall classification. Electrolytes may be great but its not because its what plants crave.

mem_somerville_kbin,
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I think we're done here. Please take your misinformation elsewhere.

HubertManne,
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problem with gmo is it is all kinds of things. Vitamin A in rice. alright. have plants be more resistant to poisons sprayed on them without dying. uuuummmmm. I would like labeling laws around gmo so people know what they are getting specifically. with qr codes everything about a foods origin and history should be available.

mem_somerville_kbin,
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Ummmmm: false. That claim about poison is bullshit.

And we do have label laws now. To be fair, they don't describe all the benefits like higher yields, reduced pesticide, and decrease land use. But you can blame anti-science activists (the same ones who lied to you about Vitamin A) for the useless labels. What do you expect from anti-science cranks? Don't let them set policy.

HubertManne,
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Im not claiming that im giving examples. I have not seen the labeling that I describe. I can't use my phone to find out where a tomato was grown and if it had any gene modification and exactly what type it is and such. I would like that on the qr code on the package. for it and everything else. I want to know where the meat was slaughter and its diet and where it was grazed if it was grazed. let consumers make their decisions just give the details.

mem_somerville_kbin,
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Yah, I realize that you have no idea how the labels work. And you want something that is very costly and other people shouldn't have to pay for. Go to your farmer's market and make them talk to you for hours.

I talked with a farmer once who raised his farmer's market prices just because he had to spend so much time talking with people who wanted to describe their bodily functions at length. I mean, that's fine if you want to pay for that. But leave the poor out of it.

HubertManne,
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this is very true. if society will not invest in whats needed then avoid gmo if you want to. I completely agree. It can be done one way or the other.

mem_somerville_kbin,
mem_somerville_kbin avatar

You have it backwards. Anti-science cranks got the GMO label instituted, and it was estimated to cost ridiculous amounts of money for exactly zero value:

USDA estimates that the costs of the proposed NBFDS would range from $598 million to $3.5 billion for the first year, with ongoing annual costs of between $114 million and $225 million.

Do not make useless demands for food labels that will only hurt the poor. It's an enormous waste of money.

Also, I recommend you stop getting advice from cranks. It's costly in more ways than one.

HubertManne,
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Look im not taking advice from you or any other crank. I have no problem with gmo food if im given information on what it is. Im fine as you say going to the farmers market. Its good for you and others anyway right. Cheaper stuff for you while I overpay.

mem_somerville_kbin,
mem_somerville_kbin avatar

You are the one peddling misinformation from cranks--you lied when you got here. Stop listening to cranks.

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