GM Crops increase pesticide use and fail to alleviate poverty.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 2008-Friends of the Earth: GM Crops increase pesticide use and fail to alleviate poverty(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Genetically Modified (GM) crops have led to a massive increase in pesticide use and have failed to increase yields or tackle world hunger and poverty, a new report by Friends of the Earth reveals today (Wednesday 13 February). [1] The report coincides with the annual release of biotech industry figures on GM crop cultivation around the world. [2]

Friends of the Earth International's GMO coordinator in Nigeria, Nnimmo Bassey said:

GM crops have failed to deliver the long-promised benefits of the biotech industry. Instead, increased pesticide use caused by these crops...