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The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability

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The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability

Since genetically engineered (GE) crops were introduced in 1996, their use in the United States has grown rapidly, accounting for 80-90 percent of soybean, corn, and cotton acreage in 2009. To date, crops with traits that provide resistance to some herbicides and to specific insect pests have benefited adopting farmers by reducing crop losses to insect damage, by increasing flexibility in time management, and by facilitating the use of more environmentally friendly pesticides and tillage practices. However, excessive reliance on a single technology combined with a lack of diverse farming practices could undermine the economic and environmental gains from these GE crops. Other challenges could hinder the application of the technology to a broader spectrum of crops and uses. Several reports from the National Research Council have addressed the effects of GE crops on the environment and on human health. However, The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States is the first comprehensive assessment of the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the GE-crop revolution on U.S. farms. It addresses how GE crops have affected U.S. farmers, both adopters and nonadopters of the technology, their incomes, agronomic practices, production decisions, environmental resources, and personal well-being. The book offers several new findings and four recommendations that could be useful to farmers, industry, science organizations, policy makers, and others in government agencies.

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National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Proceedings of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Planning Committee for a National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

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National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Proceedings of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Planning Committee for a National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Preserving the efficacy of herbicides and of herbicide-resistance technology depends on awareness of the increasing resistance of weeds to herbicides used in agriculture and coordinated action to address the problem by individuals at the farm level and beyond. This summit served as a venue to bring the attention of important stakeholders to the issue and as an opportunity for experts from diverse disciplines to strategize in a coordinated way to address herbicide-resistant weeds. In convening stakeholders for this event, participants took a step toward a recommendation from the 2010 National Research Council report The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States that federal and state government agencies, private-sector technology developers, universities, farmer organizations, and other relevant stakeholders collaborate to document emerging weed-resistance problems and to develop cost-effective resistance-management programs and practices that preserve effective weed control. The summit provided the opportunity for stakeholders to explore the scientific basis of the emergence of herbicide resistance and to consider different perspectives on both opportunities and barriers to overcoming the problem of herbicide-resistant weeds. National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds contains a brief synopsis of key points made by each speaker at the summit.

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The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability

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The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability

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Genetically Engineered Crops

Experiences and Prospects

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects

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Genetically Engineered Crops

Experiences and Prospects

Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals remain critical of the technology based on their concerns about possible adverse effects on human health, the environment, and ethical considerations. At the same time, others are concerned that the technology is not reaching its potential to improve human health and the environment because of stringent regulations and reduced public funding to develop products offering more benefits to society. While the debate about these and other questions related to the genetic engineering techniques of the first 20 years goes on, emerging genetic-engineering technologies are adding new complexities to the conversation. Genetically Engineered Crops builds on previous related Academies reports published between 1987 and 2010 by undertaking a retrospective examination of the purported positive and adverse effects of GE crops and to anticipate what emerging genetic-engineering technologies hold for the future. This report indicates where there are uncertainties about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other impacts of GE crops and food, and makes recommendations to fill gaps in safety assessments, increase regulatory clarity, and improve innovations in and access to GE technology.

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Genetically Engineered Crops

Experiences and Prospects

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The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States

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