Transgenic Cotton in Mexico: Economic and Environmental Impacts

By G. Traxler, Salvador Godoy-Ávila, J. Falck-Zepeda, J. D. J. Espinoza-Arellano. 2002

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'Bt cotton' benefits, costs and impacts in China (2003, background): “Examples of such countries include China (Pray et al. 2001; Huang et al. 2002a), South Africa (Ismael et al. 2001), and Mexico (Traxler et al. 2001).”
Can GM-Technologies Help the Poor? The Impact of Bt Cotton in Makhathini Flats, KwaZulu-Natal (2003, background): “For Bt cotton, there is now evidence from China (Pray, Ma, Huang, & Qiao, 2001) and Mexico ( Traxler, Godoy-Avila, Falck-Zepeda, & Espinoza-Arellano, 2002 ) of increased profits and positive impacts on the environment and health, due to reduced pesticide use.”
Bt Cotton, Pesticides, Labour and Health (2003, background): “Studies in developing countries by Traxler et al (2002) in Mexico, Pray et al (2001) in China, and Ismael et al (2001, 2002a, 2002b) in South Africa confirmed the fact that the introduction of Bt cotton does indeed reduce insecticide costs and the number of insecticide applications per season.”
Global Impact of Biotech Crops: Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects in the First Ten Years of Commercial Use (2007, background): “Examples where such data is available include the impact of Bt cotton in India (see Bennett et al., 2004; APCoAB, 2006), in Mexico (see Traxler et al., 2001; Monsanto Comercial Mexico, 2004) and in the US (see Sankala & Blumenthal, 2003, 2005; Mullins & Hudson, 2004).”