Why Bt cotton pays for small-scale producers in South Africa

Morse, S., Bennett, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3226-8370 and Ismael, Y. (2004) Why Bt cotton pays for small-scale producers in South Africa. Nature Biotechnology, 22 (4). pp. 379-380. ISSN 1087-0156 doi: 10.1038/nbt0404-379b

Abstract/Summary

There is much debate about the potential benefits (and costs) of genetically modified (GM) crop technology for developing countries. Studies have been carried out in Argentina, China, Indonesia and most recently India1 to assess the impact of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton on farmers in those regions.