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Adobe InDesign 7.5 Adobe InDesign 7.5 Fast Facts Worldwide: • Global farm incomes increased by US$78.4 billion from 1996-2010 due to higher yields and reduced input costs from biotech crops.3 • Biotech crops have protected natural habitats by saved xmp.iid:4E2217ED082068118083E675FE310A09 default xmp.iid:F91FBF90072068118083BA47D5F875E1 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the use of biotechnology in animal agriculture. saved AXujc6ByYAEn4JKZJKa7/wDlCn/ibv8AqqElPlv+Lv8A8UuN/wAXZ/1BQcvlP559aRdRSSlJKUkp saved /;/metadata saved Then, by the end of 20th century, the technology moved even further and led to the development of the first genetically modified food in 1994; the Flavr Savr tomato. 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TySmF3thxeu2Otta55LWu+jPEJ+CPZGgbHSevZ3T8d+HjvaW2/RLhq0nSQrwnQ2WbOrnZFfo49r4 Advantages of using biotechnology in agriculture The use of biotechnology in the field of agriculture does not only allow for crops to grow more and under more difficult circumstances, it can literally make them better. ftDp/wD3Jp/7cb/ekpX7Q6f/ANyaf+3G/wB6SlftDp//AHJp/wC3G/3pKV+0On/9yaf+3G/3pKV+ saved Adobe InDesign 7.5 So i wanted to clear it once and for all. y1o/9xrv/SaSl257A4F3VKCJ1H7OdqP+20lPYYt1GRj13Y2tT2gs9pbp/VcAQkpKkprv/wCUKf8A Every product that you find out or read about has its own risks and benefits. 9Mbm5JIeXS6SIadIhJTR9X61/wDlh0z/ADj/AOQSUr1frX/5YdM/zj/5BJSvV+tf/lh0z/OP/kEl saved … xmp.iid:4E2217ED082068118083E675FE310A09 xmp.iid:FD7F117407206811822AD1646486596E xmp.iid:0BE375B30C2068118C14AB55E7B1BA65 saved mdJKkjRCgl6p9a8rrNNWBji+trrbGvY50scxwx21l0HV01uc7Tl2idLULwbat/X3Pwqul4FLLrqs xmp.iid:FF7F117407206811822AD1646486596E 2012-05-28T11:56:26-05:00 ibv+qoSU+W/4u/8AxS43/F2f9QUHL5T+efWkXUavUMS/MqbXRlWYjmu3F9QBJEce5JTQ/YfUf/Lj /wD2x/6mSUr183/uT1f/ALY/9TJKV6+b/wByer/9sf8AqZJTOjLy6r67X3dWsax7XOrdRo4AyWn9 2012-05-07T21:18:07-05:00 Transgenic crops, in particular, began to be marketed in 1996, and by 1999 the total area devoted to transgenic crops in the world was already nearly 40 million hectares—about 100 million acres (Table 1). saved /;/metadata 2012-05-31T00:25:25-05:00 2012-05-10T19:51:29-05:00 2. 2012-05-04T23:32:49-05:00 newer methods so well that one-third of the corn as well as 3/4 of soya bean y/8AuV1b/wBg2f3JKV+0cv8A7ldW/wDYNn9ySlftHL/7ldW/9g2f3JKV+0cv/uV1b/2DZ/ckpt9K g7UlJMfr12VfXjY/WqH22uDGN+x2CSeNTASU7FeL9YBY0259DmBwLmiiCROoB3pKbHVX3VYT76cg AFVCSny3/F3/AOKXG/4uz/qCg5fKfzz60i6jzv1iycKnNY3J6vkdOcagRTS17mkbn+/2tOvb5JKc xmp.iid:4B43D685082068118C14E7613E29BC9F Tf8A3J1f+TSUr7IP+4Tf/cnV/wCTSUr7IP8AuE3/ANydX/k0lK+yD/uE3/3J1f8Ak0lPY/V9mzpF The extensive use of GMO varieties is because of the fact that they are more profitable and drought resistant which has made farmers abandon their traditional varieties of plants. 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