GMO Ban Analysis

GMO Ban Analysis

Our PSPA president, Dr. Kevin Hicks, passed this along concerning the GMO debate.

“This study indicates some significant economic and environmental impacts if GMO crops were banned.   The paper is pretty tough reading but you can glean info from the summary and conclusion.  Plus, “Farmer Gene” wrote this commentary which summarizes the work pretty well”:

http://www.biotech-now.org/food-and-agriculture/2016/11/purdue-study-eliminating-gmos-would-hurt-environment?roi=echo4-36507588002-91439077-0fff87e7ac8cd14b4ec46d1ad9ee6281&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1117

Here’s the original article:  Evaluating the Economic and Environmental Impacts of a Global GMO Ban – JEP_2016102723160212