2007-03-12 | permalink

Study: Modified crops help reduce greenhouse gases

The global use of genetically modified crops, which allows farmers to plant using less herbicide and without tilling the soil, is significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study. In 2005, the impact in reduced carbon dioxide emissions was the equivalent of removing nearly 4 million average family cars from the road, said the study by Graham Brookes and Peter Barfoot of PG Economics Ltd., a British consulting firm. The study was commissioned by Monsanto Co. of Creve Coeur, the world"s leading provider of biotech crops, and published in the peer-reviewed journal AgBioForum.

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch, USA: Study: Modified crops help reduce greenhouse gases
• U.S. Grains Council, USA: Biotech crops help world’s farmers ”go green”