Benefits from Bt Cotton Use by Smallholder Farmers in South Africa

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A Meta Analysis on Farm-Level Costs and Benefits of GM Crops (2011, unknown): “In South Africa, yields were higher for Bt cotton adopters than non-adopters and pesticide costs were also significantly reduced [29-32].”
Pesticide Productivity and Transgenic Cotton Technology: The South African Smallholder Case (2005, background): “The background to this study has been extensively discussed in Ismael et al. (2002), Gouse et al. (2002) and Kirsten et al. (2002).”
Bt cotton and pesticide use in Argentina: economic and environmental effects (2005, background): “Preliminary benefits of Bt cotton have also been reported for South Africa (Thirtle et al., 2003; Ismaël et al., 2002) and Mexico (Traxler et al., 2001).”