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failure to yield Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops

@inproceedings{GurianSherman2009failureTY,
  title={failure to yield Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops},
  author={Doug Gurian-Sherman},
  year={2009}
}
Doug Gurian-Sherman is a senior scientist in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Food and Environment Program. UCS is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. The goal of the UCS Food and Environment Program is a food system that encourages innovative and environmentally sustainable ways to produce high-quality, safe, and affordable food, while ensuring that citizens have a voice in how their food is grown. 
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