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Learn About Plant Biotechnology

Since the commercialization of biotechnology in 1996, farmers have used this science to grow plants that yield more per acre with reduced production costs while being resistant to disease and pests and also beneficial to the environment.

In the near future, we’ll see crops that will be resistant to environmental stresses like drought and crops that use soil nutrients more efficiently, boosting productivity in areas of the world with inadequate rainfall or poor soil.

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