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Abstract
This article presents the view that the developing world benefits from plant biotechnology.
To support this view, evidence is presented showing that plant biotechnology has already
had a beneficial impact on millions of farmers of the developing world who have chosen
to grow Bt cotton, resulting in fewer pesticide sprayings and increased yields and
profits. Leaders, scientists, and farmers in developing countries have expressed their
need for plant biotechnology, and in some developing countries, ongoing projects are
applying plant biotechnology to improve indigenous crops. Nutrition education efforts
should evaluate crop biotechnology from the perspective of the developing world.
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Editor's Note: This is the first of two contrasting viewpoints on food biotechnology for JNEB readers. The second will follow in the November issue.
Dr Mackey is an employee and shareholder of the Monsanto Company, an agricultural biotechnology company.
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