Biotechnological Agriculture Helps Economy
Want to Help a Small Farm Prosper? Biotechnology in Agriculture
In 2013 more than 18 million farmers in 27 countries around the globe planted more than 175 million hectares (432 million acres) with scientifically improved seeds that produced high yields of food, feed and fiber. 90% of the those farmers (that’s over 16 Million farmers) who grow biotech crops are resource-poor with farms of less than 10 hectares (a hectare is just under 108,000 square feet or 2.47 acres). So a small farmer using modified seeds can increase crop yields as high as 53%.…
