What are the top organizations that profit from GMOs?

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Monday, 04/30/2018 15:11

In addition to the response below, consumers also benefit from GMOs in a variety of ways.

Expert Amanda Zaluckyj, TheFarmer’sDaughterUSA.com, looks at some of these ways in one of her blog posts. In this piece she addresses six different ways GMOs benefit consumers, such as how GMOs help keep bugs out of food, help reduce food waste, cut the cost of food, make some foods safer to eat, reduce the carbon footprint of food, and how they are better for the environment. We encourage you to check out full post here. 

Additionally, a similar question was answered that addresses the profitability of GMOs to the products and the benefits to the consumer.

“GM crops have been improved to help farmers reduce losses due to pests and disease and farm more sustainably. The quality and nutritional value of the food derived from these crops has not been changed. Julie Howard, Chief Scientist at the USAID Bureau for Food Security addresses the benefits of GMO in a recent response; included below is an excerpt you may find helpful:

‘…to date, the majority of the benefits of GMOs have been realized by farmers, there are also important examples of direct consumer benefits. GMO commodities incorporating pest resistance can and have significantly reduced pesticide use and resulting pesticide residues…’”

Read the full response here.

Lastly, in the response to this question, What role does “profit” play in determining which genetic traits will be commercialized?, Greg Conko, Former Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute discusses actual profit a bit.

We hope this answers your question, if you have any additional questions, please ask!