Graham Brookes
Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — The UK needs to reevaluate farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals
It is 12 months since I highlighted the scientific evidence pointing to the urgent need to take forward a land sparing ...
Regulatory inconsistency and the precautionary principle: Why the European Court ruling limiting neonicotinoid pesticide use is misguided
Important questions loom, now that European sugar beet and oilseed rape farmers face a potential ban on the use of ...
Taking as many as 209 million cars off the road: How genetically modified (GM) crops have reduced global agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions
Crop biotechnology has significantly reduced agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by helping farmers adopt more sustainable practices such as reduced ...
Genetically modified crops and sustainability: 25 years since their widespread introduction, yields are higher and the environmental footprint is smaller
Genetically modified (GM) crops have increased global food, feed and fiber production by nearly 1 billion tonnes (1 tonne equals ...
Viewpoint: Mandatory labeling of crop biotechnology-derived foods is a failed regulatory policy. Here’s why
Proponents of mandatory labeling of foods containing or derived from genetically modified (GM) crops have long claimed that their primary ...
Study: $261 billion — That’s how much GMO crops have boosted farmers’ incomes
This paper updates previous estimates for the global value of using genetically modified (GM) crop technology in agriculture at the ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s double standard—politicians celebrate genetically engineered COVID vaccines, but prohibit use of GM crops
“These are fantastic results,” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson enthused, as politicians across Europe queued up to praise [COVID vaccine] ...
Viewpoint: Politics and science in Europe: How the development of COVID-19 vaccines highlights ideological inconsistency and hypocrisy
The announcement that Astra-Zeneca, a British-Swedish biopharmaceutical company, had developed the third coronavirus vaccine to show promise in Phase III ...
GM insect-resistant Bt corn boosts crop yields over 30%, cuts insecticide use 78% in Vietnam, study finds
This study assessed the farm-level economic and environmental impacts from the use of genetically modified (GM) corn in Vietnam (resistant ...
Why grow GMOs? Over 23 years, biotech crops boosted farm income $225 billion, cut pesticide use and slashed carbon emissions
Farmers who grow biotech crops have earned an additional $225 billion and greatly reduced agriculture's contribution to climate change, according ...
GMO cotton, corn have increased farmer incomes in Colombia more than $300 million since 2003
This study assesses the economic and environmental impacts that have arisen from the adoption and use of genetically modified (GM) ...
Without glyphosate, farmers in seven Asian countries face $1.4-$1.9 billion increase in weed control costs, study finds
A new paper published in the journal Agbioforum points to higher weed control costs, less effective weed control, more difficult access ...
Post-Brexit, UK should abandon EU’s misguided biotech crop rules, researcher urges
Failure to diverge from some aspects of EU regulation of crop biotechnology and new breeding techniques (NBTs) after Brexit will ...
Growing GMO soybeans in South America cut greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to removing 3.3 million cars from the road
This study assesses the economic and environmental impacts that have arisen from the adoption and use of genetically modified (GM) ...
GMO crops provide billions in economic benefits each year—with majority going to farmers in developing countries, industry analysis says
This paper estimates the value of using genetically modified (GM) crop technology in agriculture at the farm level. It follows ...
Global glyphosate herbicide ban would cause substantial damage to economy and environment, study shows
A new study finds that a ban on glyphosate would cause billions of dollars in economic losses and increase the ...
Podcast: Global ag biotech snapshot: Is GMO adoption on the decline?
UK researcher Graham Brooke on the rising economic and regulatory costs of crop biortechnology--Is it worth it? ...
Why Danny Hakim’s New York Times GMO exposé misleads
An agricultural economist analyzes the New York Times' takedown of GMO crops ...
Labeling GMOs not equivalent to nutritional labels, will be costly
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the fight over ...
Herbicide-tolerant crops still need diverse weed management
Crops that have been genetically modified (GM) to be tolerant to herbicides have been widely grown in the U.S. since ...
Viewpoint: Debunking ‘the big lie’ about genetically engineered crops
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. In spite of two ...
Groundbreaking tech — including GM — smothered by anti-technology ideologues
The following is an excerpt Groundbreaking new technologies commonly face intractable opposition from various quarters–often from vested interests or societal ...
GM reactionaries deny science
The following is an excerpt: After the cultivation of more than a billion hectares of GM crops worldwide – and ...