$65 Billion Net To Farmers: Thanks, Biotech
Monday, September 19, 2011 - 18:10
in Mathematics & Economics
$65 billion is is the increase in net farm income, the farm level benefit after paying for the seed and its biotech traits, that the biotech industry has provided across the globe during the period 1996 to 2009, according to an analysis published in the International Journal of Biotechnology. The study's authors estimate that almost half of that money was derived by farmers in the developing world.read more