Abstract
Genetically modified cotton varieties have greater production efficiency for smallholders in farming communities in China. We also find that the adoption of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton varieties leads to a significant decrease in the use of pesticides. Hence, we demonstrate that Bt cotton appears to be an agricultural technology that improves both production efficiency and the environment. In terms of policies, our findings suggest that the government should investigate whether or not they should make additional investments to spread Bt to other cotton regions and to other crops.
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Claim · model-written summary
Genetically modified cotton varieties had greater production efficiency for Chinese smallholders.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutume0 - Material
- Genetically modified cotton varietiese0
- Outcome
- production efficiencye0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Setting
- Chinae0
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Verbatim
e0“Genetically modified cotton varieties have greater production efficiency for smallholders in farming communities in China”
Claim · model-written summary
Adopting Bt cotton significantly decreased pesticide use.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume0
- Treatment
- adoption of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton varietiese0
- Outcome
- use of pesticidese0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“the adoption of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton varieties leads to a significant decrease in the use of pesticides”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend investigating investment to spread Bt cotton to other regions and crops.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume0
- Outcome
- make additional investments to spread Bt to other cotton regions and to other cropse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the government should investigate whether or not they should make additional investments to spread Bt to other cotton regions and to other crops”
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