Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops (2009)

For years the biotechnology industry has trumpeted that it will feed the world, promising that its genetically engineered crops will produce higher yields.

That promise has proven to be empty, according to Failure to Yield, a report by UCS expert Doug Gurian-Sherman released in March 2009. Despite 20 years of research and 13 years of commercialization, genetic engineering has failed to significantly increase U.S. crop yields. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 30, 2009 - 3:00 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jul 30, 2009 - 3:00 PM PDT

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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 30, 2009

The article avoids the negative side effects of GMOs, and focuses on claims of better yields, and shows that the claimed upside of GMOs has not proved out.

There are many warnings of the risks of GMOs, and the lack of testing GMO foods that also should be considered.

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