Title	Insect-resistant GM rice in farmers' fields: Assessing productivity and health effects in China
Authors	Huang J Hu R Rozelle S Pray CE
Year	2005
DOI/WEB/URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1108972
Link to Full-text	http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/308/5722/688
Keywords	Agbiotech Agricultural biotechnology Asia China Crop biotech Developing countries Ex-ante Farm survey analysis Genetically modified crops GM crops Insect resistance Pesticide use model (OLS) Impacts on Farmers Rice Yield model
Journal	Science
Volume	308
Issue	5722
Start Page	688
End Page	690
Citation	Huang, J., R. Hu, S. Rozelle, and C. E. Pray. 2005. Insect-resistant GM rice in farmers' fields: Assessing productivity and health effects in China. Science 308 (5722): 688-690.
Abstract	Although no country to date has released a major genetically modified (GM) food grain crop, China is on the threshold of commercializing GM rice. This paper studies two of the four GM varieties that are now in farm-level preproduction trials, the last step before commercialization. Farm surveys of randomly selected farm households that are cultivating the insect-resistant GM rice varieties, without the aid of experimental station technicians, demonstrate that when compared with households cultivating non-GM rice, small and poor farm households benefit from adopting GM rice by both higher crop yields and reduced use of pesticides, which also contribute to improved health.

Insect-resistant GM rice in farmers' fields: Assessing productivity and health effects in China

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