Oregon Business

Consumers benefit more than biotech companies from the technology of transgenic crops, says agribusiness professor Nicholas Kalaizandonakes at a lecture sponsored by Oregon State University.

Consumers have realized a net economic gain of roughly $130 billion from genetically engineered crops since their adoption began in mid-1990s, according to Kalaitzandonakes' "meta-analysis" of other studies.

Improved yields and other efficiencies associated with biotech crops have boosted production of major food and fiber commodities, thus driving down their costs, he said.

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