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To: Ish who wrote (99675)	3/28/2005 12:58:36 AM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

truefoodnow.org Q: Don't GMO foods lead to bigger crop yields which will feed more people? A: None of the GMO crops on the market today have been engineered for higher yield. In fact, a two-year study at the University of Nebraska showed that the most widely grown engineered crop, Monsanto's GMO soybean, actually yields less than natural soy varieties (1). The Nebraska research confirmed findings from the University of Wisconsin and other independent trials comparing GMO versus non-GMO soy. An analysis of 8,000 trials found that non-GMO soy yields were significantly higher than the GMO variety (2). In 1999, a US Department of Agriculture report compared yields of biotech and natural varieties. There was a statistically significant yield gain in the biotech variety in only four of twelve region-crop comparisons. In seven there was no difference, and one region showed a significant yield loss for farmers using GMO seed (3). Biotech companies like to use the argument of feeding more people in their PR. But this subject requires a closer look at the causes of hunger. The world currently produces enough food to provide every person on the planet with over four pounds of food a day. Hunger is the result of poverty and unequal access to food, not a lack of food (4). (1) "Study shows genetically altered soybeans produce lower yields," Associated Press, May 17, 2000. (2) Benbrook, Charles. "Evidence of the Magnitude of the Roundup Ready Soybean Yield Drag from University- Based Varietal Trials in 1998," Ag BioTech InfoNet Technical Paper Number 1, July 13, 1999. (3) See Jane Rissler, Union of Concerned Scientists Review of USDA Economic Research Service (ERS). (4) See, for example, Peter Rosset, Joseph Collins, and Frances Moore LappŽ, "Lessons from the Green Revolution: Do We Need New Technology to End Hunger?", Tikk.un Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 52-56, March/April 2000