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• The tremendous gain in production efficiency from modern technology allow us to produce 50% more cotton worldwide without increasing land use.

• Integrated pest management strategies, enhanced technologies have resulted in reduced insecticide applications in the U.S.  These technologies are now spreading to the rest of the world.

• According to the ICAC, the “indirect benefits of transgenic technology [widely adopted worldwide] include improved populations of beneficial insects and wildlife in cotton fields, reduced pesticide runoff, and improved farm worker and neighbor safety as well as soil-related environmental improvements through changed tillage practices with HT varieties”.