Economic and agronomic impact of commercialized GM crops: a meta-analysis

@article{Areal2012EconomicAA,
  title={Economic and agronomic impact of commercialized GM crops: a meta-analysis},
  author={Francisco Jos{\'e} Areal and Laura Riesgo and Emilio Rodr{\'i}guez-Cerezo},
  journal={The Journal of Agricultural Science},
  year={2012},
  volume={151},
  pages={7 - 33},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:85891950}
}
Results from the statistical analyses indicate that GM crops perform better than their conventional counterparts in agronomic and economic terms, with Bt cotton being the most profitable crop grown.
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