Viewpoint: The uptake of new crop science: Explaining success, and failure
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Farmers' decisions to adopt GM crops hinge on the expected profits of adoption and the associated risks, the availability of the technology and its alternatives, marketing exposure, and farm characteristics including farm size and farmer education level.
“farmers' decisions to adopt GM crops hinge on the expected profits of adoption and the associated risks ( 31 ), the availability of the technology and its alternatives, marketing exposure ( 32 ) and farm characteristics including farm size and farmer education level ( 33 ).”
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Section 2 says GM crops were adopted quickly where regulations allowed their sale and planting, in part because they made weed and insect control easier and cheaper. The paper thus supports benefits and availability as factors in uptake, but the passages do not support the claimed roles of marketing exposure, alternative technologies, farm size, or farmer education level. No page number is provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredEmpirical studies report either no significant reduction in overall pesticide use following HT adoption or a substantial increase in the quantity of herbicides used.
“empirical studies report either no significant reduction in overall pesticide use following HT adoption ( 31 ) or a substantial increase in the quantity of herbicides used ( 43 ).”
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The discussion of herbicide-tolerant soybeans in section 4 says fields became free of weeds after one or two Roundup sprays and that some weeds later developed resistance. It does not report an empirical increase in the quantity of herbicides used after adoption. Searches for herbicide and pesticide use found no passage establishing that attributed finding; the sentence attaches this citation to the increase, not to the separate claim about overall pesticide use. (LLM, conf=0.74)
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- Authors
- Paarlberg, R., Bhattacharya, A., Huang, J., Karembu, M., Pray, C., & Wesseler, J.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds (India) (IN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Paarlberg, Robert
- Venue
- Food Policy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-01
- Volume
- 122
- Pages
- 102572
- ISSN
- 0306-9192 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4389462493
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2
- FWCI
- 1.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Licence
- Locations
- Food Policy (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Keywords
- technology adoption, genetically modified crops, Green Revolution, success factors, genome-edited crops, agricultural innovation diffusion, social trust, food safety concerns, GMO detection, crop acreage, agricultural policy
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