Is there any solid, peerreviewed research, not conducted by Monsanto, showing that GMOs are directly linked to job creation?

Expert response from Joseph Watts

Former Senior Research Scientist – Team Leader, Syngenta

Friday, 27/02/2015 15:51

I discuss how agricultural biotechnology has contributed to job creation in another response. Here is an excerpt:

“Agricultural biotechnology has created many thousands of well-paying jobs requiring advanced education and skills since from its R&D beginning back in the 1970s.  Thousands of Syngenta jobs are related to plant biotechnology—in R&D, regulatory, seed production, sales and more. In addition, the direct and indirect economic impact from the plant biotech industry as a whole is many times greater than that which directly involves the seed companies.

“For context, consider that in 2013 a record 18 million farmers grew biotech crops. Remarkably over 90 percent, or more than 16.5 million, were small resource-poor farmers in developing countries. From 1996 to 2012, biotech crops increased crop production valued at US $116.9 billion and helped alleviate poverty for more than 16.5 million small farmers and their families totaling about 65 million people, who are some of the poorest people in the world.”

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