Farming First » seeds http://www.farmingfirst.org Addressing the common need for food, feed, fibre and fuel requires a global action plan to increase agricultural output in an environmentally-sustainable, economically-feasible, socially-responsible manner. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Improving Yields through Better Access to Seeds and Pesticides http://www.farmingfirst.org/2009/04/improving-yields-through-better-access-to-seeds-and-pesticides/ http://www.farmingfirst.org/2009/04/improving-yields-through-better-access-to-seeds-and-pesticides/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:44:33 +0000 Editor http://www.farmingfirst.org/?p=168 GM crops and crop protection products can help increase yields by limiting losses.

Since 1996, the average yield impact across the total global area planted with insect resistant traits over the 11 year period has been +5.7 percent for corn traits (or an added 47 million tonnes of corn) and +11.1 percent for cotton traits (or an added 4.9 million tonnes).

In some countries, the benefits can be much higher, such as in India, where yields from cotton have increased by 54%.

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