Biotechnology as an alternative to chemical pesticides: a case study of Bt cotton in China
By Jikun Huang, R. Hu, C. Pray, Fangbin Qiao, Scott Rozelle. 2003
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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Plant Science
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- Climate change, plant diseases and food security: an overview (2011, background): “Biotechnology as an alternative to chemical pesticides: a case study of Bt cotton in China.”
- Insect pathogens as biological control agents: Back to the future. (2015, background): “nificant decrease in the use of chemical insecticides (Phipps and Park, 2002; Brookes and Barfoot, 2013), particularly in cotton (Huanga et al., 2003; Edwards and Poppy, 2009; Krishna and Qaim, 2012).”
- The Economics of Genetically Modified Crops (2009, background): “Pray et al. (2001) and Huang et al. (2003) showed that the frequency of pesticide poisonings was significantly lower among Bt cotton adopters than among nonadopters in China.”
- A Meta Analysis on Farm-Level Costs and Benefits of GM Crops (2011, unknown): “Health benefits for farmers due to Bt cotton adoption in China are frequently mentioned [27,28], but are not addressed in this economic analysis.”
- 'Bt cotton' benefits, costs and impacts in China (2003, methodology): “for cotton. Overall, Chinese cotton production expend nearly US$500 million on pesticides annually ( Huang et al. 2002b ).”
- A Multiyear, Large-Scale Comparison of Arthropod Populations on Commercially Managed Bt and Non-Bt Cotton Fields (2005, background): “Reasons for the widespread adoption of Bt cotton by growers include increased productivity, reduced use of synthetic pesticides, and less risk associated with decision making (Edge et al. 2001, James 2002, Huang et al. 2003 ).”
- Safeguarding production-losses in major crops and the role of crop protection (2004, background): “Also the use of genetically engineered crops has been reported to decrease pesticide use significantly in both, developed and developing countries (Huang et al., 2003; Qaim and Zilberman, 2003) thereby producing positive health and environmental impacts.”