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2009-01-19 |

Biodiversity can bloom - in GM fields, too

The study showed that special incentives are required in order to get farmers to change their spraying behaviour enough to achieve a positive effect on biodiversity. Unsurprisingly, an important requirement is that the change is profitable. Apart from that, GT crops also meet with practical barriers including the need for them to fit into the existing crop system.
There are also attitude barriers. There is significant scepticism with regard to accepting the rise in weed population that results from growing GT crops and spraying so late in the season that a positive effect on biodiversity is achieved. This applies even if the late spraying is not a problem with regard to crop yield.

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2009-01-19 |

Biodiversity can bloom - in GM fields, too

The study showed that special incentives are required in order to get farmers to change their spraying behaviour enough to achieve a positive effect on biodiversity. Unsurprisingly, an important requirement is that the change is profitable. Apart from that, GT crops also meet with practical barriers including the need for them to fit into the existing crop system.
There are also attitude barriers. There is significant scepticism with regard to accepting the rise in weed population that results from growing GT crops and spraying so late in the season that a positive effect on biodiversity is achieved. This applies even if the late spraying is not a problem with regard to crop yield.

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