2007 BIO International Convention --(BUSINESS WIRE)--2007 BIO International Convention: WHAT: Worldwide, farmers are reaping the economic, social, and environmental benefits of growing biotech crops. While the United States leads the world in biotech crop acreage, over 9.5 million farmers in developing countries are now growing biotech crops. Resource-poor farmers have repeatedly recounted the economic rewards they have reaped by growing biotech crops, the reduced health risks by decreasing pesticide applications, the environmental benefits and farm management solutions biotech crops have enabled, and the social advances enjoyed by farming biotech crops. This panel of farmer representatives from around the world will talk about farmer success stories from growing biotech crops.
